Ignatian 2-Day Retreat: Discernment & Decision-Making and Praying with Your Imagination

In-Person

Give yourself the gift of rest, prayer, and reflection during our Ignatian 2-Day Silent Retreat.

Enjoy our beautiful 57 acres of trees & walking paths, participate in our Ignatian Spirituality presentation to deepen your prayer and spirituality with God, and then make your own retreat schedule with God. Enjoy meals from our outstanding culinary staff. At the end of the day, you have the option to celebrate the Liturgy / Mass with one of our Jesuit priests.

“The purpose of the Spiritual Exercises—Ignatian Spirituality—is a conversion of the heart resulting in a new quality or a new direction of life. This faith journey seeks inner or interior knowledge: the interior of heart and the inner mystery of ourselves in union with our God.” –Michael Ivens

This Ignatian 2-Day Silent Retreat contains material for “beginners” as well as “depth” for those who are familiar with Ignatian Spirituality.

Register for one retreat day (listed separately on our website) or register for two consecutive retreat days—as a commuter or overnight guest. If you register for two Ignatian Retreat Days as an overnight guest, you will enjoy four meals (Day 1: lunch & dinner, Day 2: breakfast & lunch). Overnight rooms with a private bathroom are not available for this retreat.

Wednesday-Thursday Schedule:

9:00 am: Check-in
10:30 am: Ignatian Spirituality Presentation: Discernment & Decision-Making by Fr. Paul (Loyola Room)
11:15 am: Individual Prayer & Reflection, Rest, Walk the Grounds
12:00 pm: Lunch, JRC’s Normandy Catering (Dining Room)
1:00 p: Individual Prayer & Reflection, Rest, Walk the Grounds
4:45 pm: Liturgy / Mass (optional, Main Chapel)
5:30 pm: Dinner, JRC’s Normandy Catering (Dining Room)
6:30 pm: Individual Prayer & Reflection, Rest, Walk the Grounds

8:00 am: Breakfast
10:30 am: Ignatian Spirituality Presentation: Praying with Your Imagination by Fr. Bernie (Loyola Room)
11:15 am: Individual Prayer & Reflection, Rest, Walk the Grounds
12:00 pm: Lunch, JRC’s Normandy Catering (Dining Room)
1:00 pm: Individual Prayer & Reflection, Rest, Walk the Grounds
4:45 pm: Liturgy / Mass (optional, Main Chapel)
5:15 pm: Departure

Our presenters, Fr. Paul O’Connor, S.J., is the Director of Mission & Identity at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Parma, Ohio and a master retreat director for the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and other retreats. Fr. Paul will share the gifts of Ignatian Spirituality and his collective experience as a retreat director to help you deepen your relationship with God in transformative ways.

Fr. Bernie Owens, S.J., is a master retreat director for the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and other areas of spirituality, at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Parma, Ohio. Fr. Bernie will share the gifts of Ignatian Spirituality and his collective experience as a retreat director to deepen your friendship with God. He is the author of More Than You Could Ever Imagine and Realizing Our Deepest Desires, and is currently working on his third book, A Friendship with God.

This is a great opportunity for anyone who feels moved to participate in this retreat. Please email Fr. Paul O’Connor, SJ, for questions and details: poconnor@jesuitretreatcenter.org.

Registration