Proposed Onitsha Archdiocesan Retreat and Pastoral Centre

In its primary context of meaning it has a double fold meaning. In the military
context it means withdrawal of troops to a more favowable position to escape the
enemy's superior forces or after a defeat, for example, "the disorderly of French
troops"'. Then in the Spiritual context, it means "withdrawal for prayer, study and
meditation, a religious retreat.