Week-Long Spiritual Exercises
Week-Long Spiritual Exercises
Get away for six full days of directed, silent retreat.
The Week-Long Spiritual Exercises are for those well familiar with mental prayer, silence and the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. This longer format permits more personal prayer time. With longer periods of silence, you are challenged to stretch your soul, thus engage in deeper intimacy with God.
The preaching moments are meant to provide a general direction for the day, but not replace the retreatant's heart to heart dialogue with God.
With limited moments of preaching, when the general direction is given for the day, the retreatants are free to pray on their own. The retreat master and other spiritual directors are available for the daily colloquy to help the retreatants detect the movements of the Holy Spirit.
The Ignatian Week-Long Retreat is conducted in silence and includes generous amounts of time for prayerful silence, prayer, reflection and the cultivation of a deep relationship with God.
Dates
Private Retreats, without direction, are available during the above time periods. Learn more here.
- Daily Mass and Eucharistic Adoration
- Each day, the retreat master will be available to attend the retreatants in dialogue. The purpose of this dialogue is to help the retreatant perceive the motions of the Holy Spirit during the week and follow His lead.
- Confession is always available and encouraged, as well as meeting in spiritual direction.
- This year, the content will focus directly on the original text of St. Ignatius' masterpiece, The Spiritual Exercises. Highlights include:
- Daily conference with outline of the meditations or contemplation for that day, plus an explanation of the major themes of the exercises such as discernment of spirits, examen prayer, retreat election, modes of humility, etc.
- Follow the dynamic of the original spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius.
- Workbook and materials to complement each meditation or contemplation, often accompanied by sacred art to help you visualize the Gospel scenes, theological explanation of the major themes of the exercises, prayers for liturgy and private reflection as well as forms for your Rule of Life and Vocation Statement.
Typical Schedule
(Subject to change based on the discretion of the Retreat Leader.)
Arrival Day
- 4:30 pm Arrival and Registration
- 5:30 Social & Dinner
- 6:30 Introductory Conference (Conference Room)
- 7:30 Holy Hour
- 8:30 Compline & Benediction
Days 2-6
- 7:00 am Morning Prayer (Chapel)
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 9:30 Points (Conference Room)
- 12:00 pm Mass
- 12:45 pm Lunch/Rest, Exercise, Prayer, Reading, Journaling
- 4:00 Points (Conference Room)
- 6:00 Dinner
- 7:30 Holy Hour
- 8:30 Compline & Benediction
Departure Day
- 7:00 am Morning Prayer (Chapel)
- 7:30 Mass
- 8:15 Breakfast
- 9:15 Depart