Ignatius House

Directed by Mark Dannenfelser, MA, LPC The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) retreat will teach the practice of mindfulness meditation (present moment, non-judgmental awareness) and its application to stress reduction, self-reflection and the mobilization of inner resources to support health, healing, spiritual enrichment and personal growth. Retreat participants will experience guidance in mindfulness meditation skills, mindful yoga practice, group dialogue, periods of extended silence, rest and relaxation. Opportunities for individual meetings with the retreat director for additional instruction, guidance and/or…

Directed by Sarah Otto We love because God first loved us (1 John 4:19). We hope because God first hoped in us.  During the second week of the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius invites us into a "meditation on the incarnation." We imagine the three persons of the Trinity (God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit) looking down upon the world in all its chaos: people laughing and crying, getting married and divorced, some at peace and others at war, people…

Directed by Fr. Peter Fink, SJ Come and Deepen your meeting with God, as you understand God, through the prayers that we make: the Serenity Prayer, the Lord’s Prayer and especially the prayer of St. Francis,  “Make us an instrument of your Peace!”. Enjoy this spiritual part of our recovery. Let the desires of your Higher Power reveal themselves once again that such desires become more deeply your own. This is a silent retreat. Retreatants are expected to maintain a sacred…

Directed by Fr. Joe Lingan, SJ “See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the Lord.” (Zechariah 2:14b). This statement, this promise of God was offered by Zechariah in the year 520 B.C. It reveals the truth of God’s profoundly consistent desire to be in relationship with us, and it speaks in response to our deep human longing for the Divine. The Season of Advent is when the Church, and the Holy Spirit, extends an invitation to consider God’s…

Directed by Fr. Peter Fink, SJ Once again a New Year is upon us. A time to remember the gifts of the past, and to look forward in hope for the year that lies ahead. We remember with gratitude the blessings of 2019; the dreams that were realized and the dreams that were not. And we hope and pray as 2020 unfolds before us. Memory and hope, two gifts of prayer, which Ignatius follows in his Spiritual Exercises. This is…

Directed by Joe Lingan, SJ St. Ignatius Loyola recognized that the human person is created with a mind to think and a heart to feel, and that one is to use both in order to encounter and know God, and thereby develop an authentic relationship with God. This retreat, drawn from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, will offer an introduction to two Ignatian methods of prayer: Ignatian Meditation and Contemplation. Retreatants will be offered an introduction and suggested prayer…

Directed by Mark Dannenfelser, MA, LPC The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) retreat will teach the practice of mindfulness meditation (present moment, non-judgmental awareness) and its application to stress reduction, self-reflection and the mobilization of inner resources to support health, healing, spiritual enrichment and personal growth. Retreat participants will experience guidance in mindfulness meditation skills, mindful yoga practice, group dialogue, periods of extended silence, rest and relaxation. Opportunities for individual meetings with the retreat director for additional instruction, guidance and/or…

Directed by Fr. Peter Fink, SJ How do we understand the God we worship? How shall we engage or encounter the God who approaches us? God is revealed as a loving God, a faithful God, a caring God. “I have come not to condemn the world, but to save it.” In this retreat, let us explore God’s desire to bring all creation, including ourselves, into a loving relationship with himself. And let us explore how we might open our hearts…

Directed by Maria Cressler Where is your focus in 2020? Lose weight, exercise more, pray more, more of this, less of that?  Sometimes our New Year’s Resolutions concentrate so much on what is lacking in our lives and in ourselves that we don’t recognize the beauty of who we already are and what we already have. The Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius of Loyola offer a centuries-old, tried-and-true way to authentically examine who we are in the eyes of God – a God who delights in…

Directed by Sarah Otto and Andy Otto Jesuit Anthony de Mello says that love is unselfconscious and free, yet all of us struggle in this journey of love at every stage of our relationship. How do we make a decision to love? Or even spend our lives with one person? A true love-relationship should help each person be more the person God made them to be. Whether you are dating, engaged, or single, we invite you to spend time reflecting…

Directed by Fr. Joe Lingan, SJ What is Ignatian Spirituality? It is a spirituality received through The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. Open to the novice and experienced spiritual inquirer, this retreat will survey and explore key elements and themes of The Exercises. Retreatants will be offered suggested prayer exercises to develop an understanding and a deeper appreciation for this well-known and distinguished spiritual tradition. This is a silent retreat. Retreatants are expected to maintain a sacred silence throughout…

Directed by Tim and Susan Muldoon If life is a pilgrimage toward God, then a life in a serious relationship is like walking together along the same road. Consider what that pilgrimage might entail. It means having a conversation partner, a companion to help navigate difficult terrain, a resource in times of difficulty. But it can also mean having to navigate which way to go when the path is unclear, and at times disagreeing on the way to go.  In this…

Directed by Stacy Cates-Carney “Dear Friend, being the Beloved is the origin and the fulfillment of the life of the Spirit. I say this because, as soon as we catch a glimpse of this truth, we are put on a journey in search of the fullness of that truth and we will not rest until we rest in that truth. From the moment we claim the truth of being the Beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we…

Directed by Sr. Susan Arcaro, r.c. We all know that forgiveness is a virtue and a key to emotional, spiritual and even physical well-being. Learning to forgive or accept forgiveness, however, does not come naturally. It is a sacred art we learn from following Jesus, listening to his teaching and watching Him embrace with forgiveness and love those who bully or persecute him. During this retreat our reflections and prayer will help us to gracefully forgive and humbly accept forgiveness.…

Presentador: P. Alejandro Baéz, S.J. Retiros para hombres, mujeres y parejas Vivimos en un mundo frecuentemente donde estamos desilusionados y frustrados por que no hay modelos de vida, pero la vida de los Santos son los mejores modelos de vida Cristiana.  Creemos en la comunión de los santos los cuales nos siguen acompañando después de la muerte. En este retiro exploraremos como la vida de los Santos va ínfimamente unida a una vida en Cristo. Una vida que tiene fe, propósito y…

Directed by Fr. Peter Fink, SJ Jesus gave sight to the blind, opened ears for the deaf, cured the leper, raised the cripple and stopped the blood-flow of the afflicted woman. This retreat will look contemplatively at the gospel stories of Jesus, the healer. Using your imagination, see the expectation and the fears of those who seek to be cured. Using your imagination again, see the love and compassion of Jesus as he summons forth the healing power of God.…

Directed by Sarah Otto and Andy Otto Lent can tend to focus a great deal on the practice of physical sacrifice (giving up something like a food or sweet). While this can be a helpful practice, a reminder of God’s gifts, we must also be reminded of the many other ways we need the love of God. A few years ago Stephen Colbert half-joked about giving up Catholicism for Lent, something that would be difficult for him to give up.…

Directed by Fr. Joe Lingan, SJ Lent is a sacred time of invitation to better know God and our self before God. Lent is a time of journeying or pilgrimage of sort. A journey toward the One who loves us more than we can presently imagine. This Sacred Season invites one to an honest self-awareness and to a recognition of the human desire to know the kind, loving, and merciful God and to a depth of relationship with God that…

Directed by Kay Satterfield and Karen Thomas This retreat on the fourth weekend of Lent is a perfect time to listen with an open heart. Take the time away on retreat to turn to the Living God and God will turn to you. Through the use of guided prayer with scripture, music and silence, you will be given the space to hear God’s voice and follow. Matthew 17: 1-9: “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”…

Directed by Fr. Joe Lingan, SJ The simple and profound truth is that God loves with a love that seeks to embrace, console, forgive, strengthen, inspire, and empower us so that we, too, can view and engage each human being with this same kind of love. Honestly, we all have a way to go . . . and, Lent allows us to acknowledge this truth, and encourages us to move a little further along “that way.” This retreat, through prayer and…

Directed by the Ignatius House Pastoral Team Walk with Jesus as he enters Jerusalem for the last time. Stay with Jesus as he travels this final journey. Rejoice with Jesus as he stands now before the world, the promise of Peace. In this short retreat during Holy Week, follow Jesus as he moves from a royal welcome on Palm Sunday through the time of Passover, the triumph of the cross, and the glorious new day where the crucified one is…

Directed by Dr. John Cressler, PhD This retreat will unpack the evolving dialogue between science and religion, in an easy, approachable manner, exposing participants to the many marvels of modern science and what those discoveries mean for spirituality, religion, and the future of humanity. The retreat will utilize a hybrid format, mixing short presentations, ample time for silent reflection, and some group conversation. No prior background in the topic is assumed. This is a semi-silent retreat. Aside from the time…

Directed by Mark Dannenfelser, MA, LPC The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) retreat will teach the practice of mindfulness meditation (present moment, non-judgmental awareness) and its application to stress reduction, self-reflection and the mobilization of inner resources to support health, healing, spiritual enrichment and personal growth. Retreat participants will experience guidance in mindfulness meditation skills, mindful yoga practice, group dialogue, periods of extended silence, rest and relaxation. Opportunities for individual meetings with the retreat director for additional instruction, guidance and/or…

Directed by Sr. Susan Arcaro, r.c. This retreat focus on stories of mothers included in Sacred Scripture. Though they lived more than 20 centuries before us, their experiences in life are in many ways similar to ours. Challenging and inspiring, mothers in Sacred Scripture model for us the charism of physical and/or spiritual motherhood. Their stories are stories of nurturing and self-giving love. This is a silent retreat. Retreatants are expected to maintain a sacred silence throughout the retreat, including at…

Directed by Fr. Peter Fink, SJ For you who are ordained deacon, many ministries engage you: sacramental service, pastoral and educational projects, and a great variety of social events. Yet, key to the ministry of deacon are the words of the bishop who presents the gospels to the ordained: “Receive the Gospel of Christ whose herald you are. Believe what you read, teach what you believe and put into practice what you teach.” In all that the deacon does, whether…

Directed by Fr. Joe Lingan, SJ Would you like to develop and strengthen your relationship with Jesus? This retreat, drawn from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, will offer retreatants the opportunity to encounter, discern, and deepen their personal relationship with Jesus through reflections and suggested prayer exercises on the life and public ministry of Jesus. This is a silent retreat. Retreatants are expected to maintain a sacred silence throughout the retreat, including at meals, unless otherwise noted.  Fr. Joseph…

Directed by Fr. Joe Lingan, SJ “When the day of Pentecost had come, they (the disciples) were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. There appeared to them tongues of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. They were filled with the Holy Spirit…” (Acts 2:1-4a). With Pentecost, the disciples were empowered to evangelize, and Christianity…