Event Details
Ignatian Exercises – The Adventure Begins: Encountering the Unconditional, Creative, Inviting Love of God
This is limited to 7 people and we have 4 spaces still available.
The Discernment Questions deadline by 9/5/2024, cost is $25 per person
7-month retreat in daily living (9/21/2024 – 6/21/2025)
Cost: $1,500
Cancellation policy
Overnight or Multi-day/weekend retreats: $50 fee. Day Retreat: $20. Fees may be applied to future retreats. The fees may be waived in event of extenuating circumstances. Contact Kateri at 925-837-9141 x315.
About the Event
Is God calling you to something new?
Have you been longing for new relationship with Jesus Christ as you discern a response of love to yourself, God, others, and our world? The experience of the 19th Annotation of the Ignatian Exercises might be right for you. This is an eight-month intentional and safe community to discern your deepest desires and cultivate interior freedom that allows responses of love. Lizy Stewart will facilitate group retreats and meetings and one on one spiritual direction.
St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, developed the Spiritual Exercises in the 1500’s. History reveals that Ignatius was nurtured by Franciscans. The Spiritual Exercises come out of his Franciscan spiritual practices of using the senses and imagery to deepen the soul’s experience of Scripture, discernment, and relationship with God.
Please note: the group size will be limited to 7.
Click here for the full Calendar-v3-2. In summary, the format is:
- 7 Saturdays retreat days consisting of group spiritual direction and contemplative prayer in an atmosphere of natural beauty and peace at San Damiano.
- 25 Tuesdays Zoom Group Spiritual Direction Sessions (12pm – 1:30pm (Pacific Time)
- 10 monthly individual spiritual direction sessions scheduled at the convenience of the participant and spiritual director Lizy Stewart.
- We will provide “The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life” by Kevin O’Brien.
Cost: $1,500
If you are interested, the first step is to sign up below. Lizy Stewart will contact you to set up a discernment session to explore your questions and discern together whether the retreat is the right fit for you at this time in your life. Lizy will ask you to complete the Discernment Questions and to e-mail to her the day before your session. The cost for the discernment session is $25. If you discern to commit to the Exercises, Kateri at San Damiano will contact you to register for the Exercises 8-month retreat and the $25 will be applied to as part of your payment of the remaining amount due.
About the Presenter(s)
Lizy Stewart
Lizy Stewart has been a spiritual director since 2005 after training at Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA. From 2007 to 2020, she went on to train and supervise spiritual directors and supervisors at Mercy Center. She has been directing the 19th Annotation of the Exercises of St. Ignatius since 2008. She loves companioning and directing the Exercises as she witnesses individuals come to new horizons and thresholds on their respective spiritual journeys. Lizy also leads retreats, teaches “Generous Living” workshops, and facilitates group spiritual direction, group supervision, and dream-work groups. She is committed to helping people become aware of and explore the movement of God.
Mark has been a Franciscan Friar for over 40 years. He lives at San Damiano Retreat. Mark was trained in spiritual direction 25 years ago while living in Portland, Oregon. His other ministries have included social justice advocacy, teaching ecological awareness and nonviolence, and being the Guardian (local superior) in many Franciscan friaries. He enjoys leading retreats on all sorts of topics.
Mark includes a “Franciscan spin” when meeting for spiritual direction — openness to many forms of spirituality, care of Self, and the value of action in our everyday world. Mark is also active in 12 Step spirituality.
