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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.…
July 2021
VIRTUAL – Ignatian Spirituality Retreat
A Practical Introduction (formerly the Disposition Days Retreat) This retreat is a good opportunity for a beginner or an experienced director to gain a heightened awareness of the fundamentals of an Ignatian Retreat or to prepare for Annotation 19 (the Spiritual Exercises in daily life). This year it is being offered online. In this 5-day thematic retreat you will learn the fundamentals of Ignatian praying. It includes instructional talks, prayer and thematic talks on God’s presence in both our world and our…
Walking into Friendship with Animals & Saints
A Reflective Walking Experience Inspired by the recently published, award-winning book, Amazing Friendships between Animals and Saints, enjoy a 5km reflective walking experience on the beautiful Ignatius Jesuit Centre land. Following the well-worn paths on the property, you will explore seven stations, each highlighting a beloved Saint and saintly creature, and discover their wisdom of learning to live with, and love the land. As you sojourn with these timeless, sacred stories, you’ll discover the amazing friendship of the natural world…
VIRTUAL – Walking Pilgrimage
From a place of peace to a home of peace… A modified pilgrimage has been created for you! Since 2003, in early August, a group of pilgrims journey from the Ignatius Jesuit Centre to the Jesuit Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland – a place that honours early Jesuit missionaries who introduced Christianity to the Huron Wendat Nation. Organizers of the Walking Pilgrimage truly appreciate the ongoing support and involvement of the Jesuits. Their spiritual leadership has been invaluable to the ongoing…
August 2021
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 »September 2021
VIRTUAL – Ignatius & Teilhard Weekend Retreat
Ignatius & Teilhard: on how God loves Facilitated by Bernie Carroll SJ This virtual guided retreat, based on St. Ignatius’ “Contemplation to Know the Love of God” as understood by Teilhard de Chardin, will begin by focusing on images and descriptions of God in Scripture and Tradition. Then we will consider Two Spiritual Truths: The first (spiritual truth) is that love ought to manifest itself more by deeds than by words. The second (spiritual truth) is that love consists in…
Find out more »October 2021
VIRTUAL – Feminine Mysticism Weekend Retreat
Journeying with Hildegard of Bingen, Margerite Bourgeoys, and Etty Hillesum Facilitated by Alana Forrester In your walk with these three women you will meet a medieval abbess whose connection with the natural world and the Feminine Divine continues to inspire. You will travel with Marguerite Bourgeoys from 17th century France to the New World as she is inspired to live simply with the colonists without religious habit or cloister. And you will be moved by the extraordinary spiritual awakening of…
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