The series will explore the dynamics, content and grace of each week of the Spiritual Exercises. Our gathering and interacting will deepen our experiential understanding of the Exercises as they unfold in everyday life and prayer.
For whom
Spiritual Directors/Retreat Directors/ Prayer Guides of the Spiritual Exercises
Experienced directors eager to ponder the Spiritual Exercises
People who have experienced the Exercises and would like to reflect on their experience as well as learn about the Exercises.
Program topics
October 1, 2026
Reflection on My Experience As A Retreatant;
Overview of the Spiritual Exercises; Graces,
Disposition Days: Dynamics, Movements,
Themes, Colloquy, Review of Prayer, Repetition
October 15, 2026
Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises
and the Word of God, Annotations,
the Principle and Foundation
October 29, 2026
Week I: A Forgiven Sinner: Awed in Gratitude
Week I, The Additions, Forms of Prayer
November 12, 2026
Readied for Wise Learning, The Call of the King,
A School of Discipleship,
November 19, 2026
Week II: A School of Discipleship
Ignatian Contemplation
The Two Standards, The Three Classes,
The Three Degrees of Humility, Triple Colloquy
December 3, 2026
Week III: Grace, Dynamic, Movements,
The Burial of Jesus and Its Aftermath,
The Additions for Week III
December 10, 2026
Week 4: To Experience the Risen Christ,
Grace of 4th Week, The Contemplatio
December 17, 2026
The Faces of God in the Spiritual Exercises
Presenters
Maureen Casey, SND
Joan McCarthy, CSJ
Criteria for admission
Experience directing retreats
Experience making the Exercises
Experience in giving spiritual direction
Dates, location, costs
Days/Times: Thursdays, 10 AM – 2 PM
(1/2 hour for lunch + 2 short breaks)
Dates: 2026: 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 11/1,9 12/3, 12/10, 12/17
Online via Zoom
Total Series, 8 Sessions: $480, Special: Register before 9/1/26: $450
Individual Sessions: $60/each