4-Week Ignatian Retreat: Weeks #1-2

Virtual

Join us in a four-week, everyday life journey of Ignatian Spirituality through “Week #1” and “Week #2” of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The Exercises are meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices developed by St. Ignatius and structured into four “weeks” or movements.

This 4-Week Ignatian Retreat covers the follow movements of the Spiritual Exercises:

Week #1: God’s unconditional love for us, healing, being a loved sinner, total forgiveness.
Week #2: Greater freedom, discipleship, knowing and walking with Jesus more intimately.

The 4-Week Ignatian Retreat Weeks #1-2 is offered every Fall.
The 4-Week Ignatian Retreat Weeks #3-4 is offered every Spring.

Completing two 4-Week Ignatian Retreats (Part 1 and Part 2) would be the equivalent of an 8-Week Ignatian Retreat in everyday life. Two 4-Week Ignatian Retreats fulfill a key requirement for the Spiritual Exercises 19th Annotation Retreat (offered every October at JRC) and for spiritual directors seeking certain credentials or spiritual development.

Overall, this Ignatian retreat in everyday life is ideal for anyone seeking to explore or deepen one’s relationship with God and take the next step in one’s spiritual journey.

Each Thursday at 7pm via Zoom, we meet as a group for prayer (10 mins), a presentation (30 mins), and we share the graces from our week of prayer (40-50 mins). Each week, the retreatant meets with a retreat director for about 55 minutes (at a scheduled time agreed upon by the retreatant and their director).

A retreatant:

• Commits to praying the assigned spiritual exercises 45-60 minutes daily for this retreat.
• Keeps a daily journal noting God’s activity and the retreatant’s response during their prayer.
• Participates and shares in each of our four group sessions on Thursday evenings.
• Meets with a retreat director once a week (scheduled by the retreatant and their director).

Application:
This retreat requires a full commitment of dedicated prayer (must pray 45-60 mins a day), a full commitment of participation (must attend all sessions), and an application. Please contact Fr. Paul at poconnor@jesuitretreatcenter.org for the application link and for any questions.

Our presenters, JRC Directors & Fr. Paul O’Connor, S.J. (JRC’s Director of Mission & Identity), guide us through this transformative experience.

Cost: $240

This retreat closes with the first 12 accepted applications.