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April 2021
VIRTUAL – The Psalms Weekend Retreat
Praying the good, the bad and the ugly Facilitated by Greg Kennedy, SJ & Matthew Hendzel, SJ There’s something liberating in letting God have it, all of it, whatever you are currently suffering or celebrating. The Hebrew psalms are a kind of license to free speech that holds no authentic emotion back. Their frankness, force and forthrightness display a deep trust in God’s abiding friendship and power. They show that the best prayer need not be neat and pretty, but…
New Farmer Training Program – Term 1
Registration for Term 1 is OPEN! Sign up here. Here’s the line-up for Term 1: April 19 – 7-8 pm – Full term meet up April 21 – 9-10:30 am – Introduction to organic growing April 21 – 1:30-3 pm – Botany April 23 – 9-10:30 am – Language of local organic food systems, part 1 April 23 – 1:30-3 pm – Language of local organic food systems, part 2 April 26 – 9-10:30 am – Pest and disease management…
VIRTUAL – 8-Day Directed Retreat
While the pandemic renders it impossible to come to Loyola House for your retreat, we will bring the directed retreat to you! Just as in any silent retreat, Loyola House spiritual directors will provide daily spiritual direction that will occur via Zoom (or telephone). There will be no talks/input sessions for the retreat; and sadly, we cannot offer daily mass. As ever, your director will listen to you and the Holy Spirit in order to help guide you in your prayer.…
Find out more »May 2021
New Farmer Training Program – Term 2
Registration for Term 2 is OPEN! Sign up here. Term 2 focuses on applying farm language and knowledge. Register for the whole term or choose individual events (registration will open for individual events 4 weeks prior to the event). NEW! Sign up as an individual, or register your farm team or household of up to 5 people! This option is only available for full term registrations. VENUE: Online. All events are recorded to allow participants to watch on their own time.…
VIRTUAL – The Little Prince Retreat
A Weekend with a Childhood Friend Facilitated by Greg Kennedy, SJ And when you finally find consolation (consolation is always to be found), you’ll be happy to have known me. You’ll always be my friend. (Antoine Saint-Exupery) Sometimes it’s helpful to stop and assess just how much you’ve grown up, that is, to measure how far you’ve moved away from the enchanted world of the child. Do the night stars astound you, or fill you with an ambition to possess, or…
Find out more »VIRTUAL – Introductory session for multi-faith retreat series
Inter-Spirituality and Comparative Mysticism Led by Prof. Dr. Jorge Ferrer*, former core faculty and chairman at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco Loyola House is hosting a virtual multi-faith retreat series on inter-spirituality and comparative mysticism. Conducted by leaders in the various traditions, the series includes four weekend retreats (Saturdays and Sundays) throughout May, June and July, beginning with an introductory session. Times listed are in EST. In this introductory session, Prof. Jorge Ferrer will offer us the…
VIRTUAL – Jesuit Ignatian and Buddhist Traditions Retreat
Inter-Spirituality and Comparative Mysticism Led by: Dr. Greg Kennedy SJ*, Loyola House, Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph, – Jesuit Ignatian approaches. Norman Feldman*, co-founder and retired Guiding Teacher of True North Insight Meditation Centre – Buddhist approaches. Treat yourself to an opportunity to develop some key tools and practices towards better self-knowledge and ways to better discern your life’s purpose or calling. In this retreat, our speakers and spiritual directors will be exploring these questions from the perspectives of the Jesuit…
Find out more »VIRTUAL – “See, I Am Making All Things New” Join Me! Weekend Retreat
Cultivating hope, faith & love during Covid & Climate Change “See, I Am Making All Things New” (Revelation 21:5) Facilitated by Bill Clarke, SJ, Yvonne Prowse, & Greg Kennedy, SJ Musicians serenading from balconies in locked-down Italy. Scientists’ unprecedented global collaboration to discover a vaccine for the deadly virus. A 7pm daily “Angelus” in New York City as residents sound their thanks for front-line health care providers. Birds heard singing in the new-found quiet of Wuhan Province. Air pollution in…
Find out more »VIRTUAL – Hinduism, Meditative Inquiry, and Muslim Sufi traditions Retreat
Exploring contemplation and self-knowledge through the lenses of these traditions Led by Ashwani Kumar*, Associate Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax – Hinduism and Meditative Inquiry approaches. Jason Idriss Sparkes*, The Burhānīya Sufi Order/Tarīqah, Waterloo, Ontario – Muslim Sufi approaches. Treat yourself to an opportunity to develop some key tools and practices towards better self-knowledge and ways to better discern your life’s purpose or calling. In this retreat, our speakers and spiritual directors will be exploring these questions from the…
Find out more »June 2021
VIRTUAL – 9 Journeys of the Soul: An Enneagram Retreat
The Enneagram illuminates nine different journeys of the soul; nine particular ways that we experience disconnection from God and our deepest selves, and nine paths through which the Spirit is inviting us back home. This VIRTUAL retreat will explore these nine journeys of the soul in conversation with the Biblical story and your lived experience. In daily teaching sessions, spiritual director and Enneagram teacher, Tamara Shantz will introduce you to the Enneagram as a spiritual tool. Each day will include…
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