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April 2020
CANCELLED – Holy Week Retreat
This retreat has been CANCELLED. This retreat is now FULL. Please consider one of the other retreats as an alternative option. The 8-Day Directed Retreat provides you with individual direction in an environment of silence and prayer. A spiritual director meets with you each day, listens as you share your prayer experiences, helps you reflect on them and discover the path God is revealing to you. This facilitates a deepening of your relationships with God. In this Holy Week, you…
CANCELLED – Easter Triduum Retreat
This retreat has been CANCELLED. This retreat is now FULL. Please consider one of the other retreats as an alternative option. This retreat begins at 8pm on Holy Thursday with the celebration of the Lord’s Supper and the Washing of the Feet. It includes time for personal and communal prayer as well as the opportunity to attend Triduum services. Spiritual direction is not normally provided for those who come only for the Triduum. It concludes on Easter Sunday morning with…
CANCELLED – Easter Brunch at Loyola House
This event has been CANCELLED. Join us for this year’s Easter Brunch! Fee $25 | Seniors & Children under 12 $16 | Children under 6 yrs Free Reserved seating (two seatings) – 10 am & 12:30 pm | Cash, VISA or Mastercard To reserve call 519 824 1250 ext 241 or send an email to officecoordinator(at)ignatiusguelph.ca. Reserve tickets by Wednesday, April 1. The menu will be posted soon.
CANCELLED – Indigenous Knowledge & Biodiversity: Earth Day
Imperatives for the future of the earth with Rony Lec This event has been CANCELLED. Rony Lec is one of the world’s leading experts in permaculture and Indigenous knowledge (read more here). He has spent the last 20 years teaching and implementing permaculture throughout the Americas focusing on promoting food sovereignty and preserving biodiversity for the survival of Indigenous communities. Rony recently moved to Guelph to secure the safety of his family. Come hear Rony’s personal experience of living and working…
May 2020
CANCELLED – 8-Day Directed Retreat
This retreat has been CANCELLED. This retreat is now FULL. Please consider one of the other retreats as an alternative option. The 8-Day Directed Retreat provides you with individual direction in an environment of silence and prayer. A spiritual director meets with you each day, listens as you share your prayer experiences, helps you reflect on them and discover the path God is revealing to you. This facilitates a deepening of your relationships with God. These retreats are usually based…
Find out more »CANCELLED – Blooming in a Greenhouse World
Hope, Faith, and Climate Change Facilitated by Bill Clarke, SJ, Yvonne Prowse, & Greg Kennedy, SJ This retreat is now CANCELLED. This retreat is now FULL. Please consider one of the other retreats as an alternative option. NEW! Grief, anger, anxiety, despair…these are natural, often unconscious, responses to incessant bad news detailing the fearsome consequences of the human assault on creation. How do we live out our vocation of hopeful creativity, justice and celebration in a world stormy with climate…
Find out more »June 2020
CANCELLED – A Taste of Diversity
Loyola House presents “The Taste of Diversity” – featuring three dinners from around the world. Dates include: June 3 – CANCELLED November 18 – Look for this event under “November” – we hope you come! Mass will be at 5pm and dinner at 6pm. Tickets are $60 ea dinner. Space is limited, so order your tickets soon! Call 519 824 1250 ext 241 or email officecoordinator@ignatiusguelph.ca.
CANCELLED – Finding Your Way: Weekend of Discernment
This retreat has been CANCELLED. Are you wondering about your next step in life? Be part of this retreat designed for people who need time and support in decision making. In addition to personal prayer time, it includes: whole-group, small-group, & individual interactions; opportunities to speak with the presenters about the discernment process. Limited to 18 participants. Read the retreat’s brochure here. Fees reflect live-in ($260) or commuting ($160) options. Commuting means that retreatants participate in the retreat day, go…
Find out more »CANCELLED – The Little Prince Retreat
CANCELLED – A Weekend with a Childhood Friend Facilitated by Greg Kennedy, SJ This retreat has been CANCELLED. The Little Prince, Saint-Exupéry’s tender balm, written for hearts chafed by disappointments, is the perfect companion for re-enchanting our adult world. A quiet spiritual master, the Little Prince will teach us to inhabit the deserts of our lives with more beauty, friendship and grace. The retreat will include short talks, periods of individual reflection, plus group interaction and prayer. The retreat will not…
Find out more »CANCELLED – Summer Training & Practicum in Spiritual Direction
This program has been CANCELLED. This 11-week practicum provides participants with fundamental skills in ongoing spiritual direction and directing 3 to 8-day retreats. There are four components: an individual directed 8-day retreat, the Spiritual Directors’ Workshop, a seminar developing themes in Spiritual Direction and associated areas, and the opportunity to direct on three 8-day retreats with daily supervision, dependent upon suitability and readiness of each participant, as determined by Loyola House staff. Applicants must have made the full Spiritual Exercises…
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