Loyola University Maryland is a Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland.

About This Retreat:

• Type: Retreat in Daily Life (sometimes referred to as the 19th Annotation)

• Format: Our approach will be one that Ignatius himself proposed for busy people – a way to make a prayerful and potentially transformative retreat in everyday life. Over the course of nine months of daily prayer with Scripture, journaling, regular conversation with a spiritual director, one can experience the same graced movements and discoveries that a privileged few get to make in 30 days of secluded silence. (Yes, that would include the Jesuits!)

  This particular Ignatian retreat is a rigorous experience that requires the dedication of time and discipline over the course of 9 months.

  • Those who do embark on this retreat will need to commit to the following:

    • One uninterrupted hour of daily prayer and journaling

    • Weekly, hour-long meetings with your spiritual guide

    • Orientation Session 

    • Optional large group gatherings for Advent, Lent, and Easter seasons   

• Dates: September 2024 – May 2025

• Location: In-person preferred, but Zoom a possibility; meeting locations are arranged by the director and retreatant

• Apply: All interested persons must attend a Zoom Information Session (Thursday, June 20, 2024 or August 8, 2024; 7:00pm-8:30pm ET). 

  In addition to attending a Zoom Information Session, all retreatants are asked to complete the online Self-Assessment Application.

• Questions: For more information or to speak to a member of the retreat team, please contact us – Fr. Stephen Spahn, SJ, or Sue Cesare at LUMspiritualexercises@gmail.com or sspahn@loyola.edu or sue-cesare@dexterco.com.

• You may also find more information on their website.