“Teach me to seek you, and reveal yourself to me as I seek…”
St. Anselm of Canterbury
Our individually-directed prayer retreats are 6 to 7 weeks of accompaniment with an Ignatian prayer guide. After an initial meeting to begin the retreat, you will meet weekly with your guide for the next five to six weeks depending on what retreat you choose. Please note: All of our retreats will be virtual experiences via Zoom or Facetime this Fall.
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.
Become more aware of God’s self-communication to you.
You will meet with your guide at a mutually agreed upon date and time (ideally sometime around the end of September and beginning of October).
Limited partial scholarships are available on a first come, first served basis.
We have three different retreat materials to choose from. Two are seven weeks long and Armchair Mystic is six weeks in length. They range in cost from $60 - $70 for the experience of being individually directed. The books are not include in the cost of the retreats.
This is a 7-week experience reflecting on a praying with the themes of the great commandment to "Love the Lord our God with all your heart, your soul, and all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself." It is a combination of "talks" by Fr. Barry and prayer exercises. You will read and pray with the material at your own pace with a little help from your prayer guide if needed. It is possible that you will not "finish" the book by the end of meeting with your guide.
You will meet 7 times with your guide. You will need to purchase the book. It is available online at Loyola Press, Amazon , or Barnes and Noble.
COST OF RETREAT : $70
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.
Hailed as a classic in the Ignatian prayer tradition, this book by Jacqueline Syrup Bergan and Sister Marie Schwan 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.
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, September 27, 2020