“I believe I will see the goodness of the LORD in the la.nd of the living”
Psalm 27:13
Do you desire to notice and see the goodness of God in your life and prayer? Dedicating time to daily conversation with God helps you to be more attentive to God’s grace in your prayer and eventually throughout your day. Making a retreat can be a privileged way to deepen your relationship with God and meeting with a prayer companion weekly can help foster increased attentiveness to God and ability to more deeply receive God’s love and mercy. Our individually-directed prayer retreats provide you with a your own Ignatian prayer guide. After an initial meeting to begin the retreat, you will pray daily and meet weekly with your guide for the next six to seven weeks depending on what retreat you choose. Please note: We will follow CDC guidelines during the time of the retreat. We do hope you will be able to meet in person your prayer guide, but will adjust as needed to meet safely guidelines. Retreats can be entirely virtual if you prefer as well.
A little about the experience:
You will pray daily for about 30 minutes
Journal your experience so that you can recall for your weekly meeting with your guide
Learn Ignatian methods of prayer.
Grow in awareness of God’s self-communication to you.
You will meet with your guide at a mutually agreed upon date and time each week for approximately 45 - 60 minutes.
Limited partial scholarships are available on a first come, first served basis.
NOTE: There are a limited number of prayer guides available.
Artwork by Greg Olsen
We have three different retreat materials to choose from. They vary in length from 6 weeks to 8 weeks long. They range in cost from $60 - $80 for the experience of being individually directed. The books are not include in the cost of the retreats.
ENCOUNTERING CHRIST WITH ST. IGNATIUS
This is an 8-week experience with seven weeks of prayer that offers a taste of the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life. Your prayer exercises will align with the movements of Holy Week and into the beginning of Easter. This retreat will begin close to Ash Wednesday and will end in the first or second week of Easter depending on the day you begin.
You will meet eight times with your guide. Your retreat materials will be provided via email.
COST OF RETREAT : $80
This is a 7 week prayer experience with 6 weeks of prayer exercises. This books offers various ways of praying with scripture in the Ignatian tradition and focuses on God’s unlimited love for you.
Hailed as a classic in the Ignatian prayer tradition, this book by Jacqueline Syrup Bergan and Sister Marie Schwan, CSJ provides a topic-based opportunity for people to grow deeper in their relationship with God through prayer.
You will meet seven times with your prayer guide. You need a copy of the book. It is available from Loyola Press, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble. Older versions of this book will work for this retreat.
COST OF RETREAT: $70
This is a 6-week prayer experience with 5 weeks of reading and exercises. You will read from 5 to 10 pages daily, pray about 20 – 30 minutes, and journal. You will be accompanied weekly by an Ignatian prayer guide and they will offer suggested reading and prayer exercises for your daily practice. You will learn to worry less about doing prayer as opposed to being with God.
This book covers everything from the components necessary for prayer (solitude and silence), tips, explanations on the four stages of prayer, and relatable stories to help you to engage more deeply in relating and listening to God in your prayer and life.
You will meet 6 times with your prayer guide and will need to have a copy of the book. You can use the earlier 2001 edition or the newer 2019 edition. It is available from Franciscan Media, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.
COST OF RETREAT: $60
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sunday, February 7, 2021