Spiritual Exercises

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola are a lengthy dynamic in which a person prays to attain graces from God.
These graces comprise a deep growth in the spiritual life. Some of these graces are: recognizing that the retreatant was made in love, that he or she is a loved sinner, that he or she can be interiorly free, that he or she is called to follow Christ, that he or she begins the process of discernment [i.e. a prayerful process leading one to make a decision], that he or she can find God in all things, and that he or she can become a contemplative even in the midst of activity.
 
It takes approximately thirty days to move through the various prayerful exercises and to attain the graces which Ignatius presents to the retreatant.
 
Anyone who would like to make this kind of retreat may desire to do so at one of the Jesuit Retreat Houses. The following are recommended:
 
Ignatius Retreat Center
6700 Riverside Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30328-2710
404-255-0503
schase@ignatiushouse.org                                         
www.ignatiushouse.org


Loyola Retreat House
P O Box 9
Faulkner, MD 20632
301-870-3515
frank.kaminski@loyolaretreat.org
 

Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford
5361 S. Milford Road
Milford, OH 45150-9744
513-248-3500
www.jesuitspiritualcenter.com


Jesuit Center
501 North, Church Road,
P O Box 223
Wernersville, PA 19565
610-670-3642
www.jesuitcenter.org
 

Have you heard about the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola? Do you sense that God is calling you to enter this lengthy spiritual journey? But you have responsibilities of employment and family. If so, consider the Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life.