Australian Safeguarding Retreat with Hans Zollner SJ

You are warmly invited to join a spiritual retreat focused on the vital work of Safeguarding and healing within the Catholic Church.

This retreat provides a sacred space for prayer, silence, reflection, and community learning on how we can better care for the wounded and vulnerable, and foster environments of trust.

Through spiritual inputs, time for personal meditation and communal prayer, participants will deepen their understanding of themselves and of their mission in the Church.

Register now to participate in this essential journey of commitment and renewal.

Facilitated by: HANS ZOLLNER SJ. Hans Zollner holds a doctorate in Systematic Theology and is a psychologist and licensed psychotherapist. He is Director of the Institute of Anthropology. Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is member of the Commission for the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Persons of the Diocese of Rome and a consultor of the Dicastery for the Clergy.

Fr Zollner is one of the leading experts on matters of safeguarding of minors and prevention of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. He holds a doctorate in systematic theology and is a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist. Author of numerous books and articles, he promotes and leads international research in his area of expertise to promote the safeguarding of minors and vulnerable persons in the Church and in society at large.

He has visited more than 75 countries to address workshops and episcopal conferences on the need for developing awareness and establishing safeguarding measures.

Who Should Attend? Professional Standards Officers, Safeguarding Personnel, Religious Leaders and Bishops.

When: 4pm Thursday 5 February 2026 – 4pm Sunday 8 February 2026
REGISTER BY: THURSDAY 22 JANUARY 2026

Where: Peter Canisius House, 102 Mona Vale Road. Pymble NSW. Peter Canisius House is located in the northern suburbs of Sydney amongst expansive gardens and old growth eucalypt bushland. You will enjoy generous home style meals, comfortable accommodation, and plenty of meeting spaces with ample parking.

Price live-in: $1185 for three nights’ accommodation, all meals including morning and afternoon teas, full linen, on-site parking, retreat facilitation, and take-home resources.

Limited ensuite rooms available for early registrations, price $1340 (indicate when you register and pay).

Price live-out: $595 for the day option with lunches, morning and afternoon teas, on-site parking, retreat facilitation, and take-home resources.

REGISTER BY: THURSDAY 22 JANUARY 2026