A day to slow down and reflect upon the images and invitations of Summer. An opportunity to pause and reconnect with ourselves, like-minded souls, God’s Spirit, and the Earth’s rhythms. The bright days of summer yield a season of ripening, beauty, and abundance. We too are full of growth-potential, strength, vitality, and radiance! During our …
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Formation in Spiritual Accompaniment Program – Year 1
The Ignatian Spirituality Centre of Montreal will offer the Spiritual Accompaniment Formation Program, Year 1, beginning with a summer intensive, and continuing in the Fall and Winter with a combination of online meetings and in-person weekend training sessions. Program Overview Are you called to become a spiritual director? Do people feel secure in sharing their …
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Contemplative Earth Awareness Online Retreat Day
Wake up to the wonder that is all around you. This Spring, notice the loving Presence all around us as we pray for the earth and one another and deepen our awareness of the oneness of life. Using poetry, meditations, reflection questions and invitations into silence, retreat leader Ann Dean creates a special space for …
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“Called to Freedom” Ignatian Weekend Retreat
With Catherine M. Kelly, M.Div. and Tanya Loretto “For you were called to freedom…to serve one another through love” (Gal 5:13) Are you seeking spiritual nourishment? Perhaps you are a pastor, a spiritual director, a ministry leader looking for refill your well? Perhaps you are in a period of discernment, seeking the next steps on …
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Spiritual Memoir: Where a Life Meets Mystery
Each person’s life is a sacred story—unique, laden with insight and eager for engagement. When we write our experiences, we discover patterns in the details, open ourselves to surprises, and participate in meaning-making. Writing memories, done with intention, becomes a transformational practice. Join Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, author of Writing the Sacred Journey and Living Revision, for this introductory …
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Discover your Wisdom and Change your Life: A SoulCollage® Retreat
his retreat is for anyone on life’s journey who would like to know more of your own intuition and wisdom. You will be guided in the special SoulCollage® method of collaging magazine images in a way that creates surprisingly insightful collages. With journaling and easy personal voice dialogue, you will discover inner parts, inner archetypes …
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Putting Money in Its Place
Most North Americans grow up in a culture that worships money, embedded in an economic system that holds money up as the only true measure of value. But money is a failed god, as we see in the fear that threatens our personal well-being and our relationships, in the overwork and overwhelm that guts community …
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Singing Creation: Exploring your Full Voice through Song
Why Not Sing? A Weekend Immersion in Community Singing When you get up in the morning, why not sing? When you’re sitting down for dinner, why not sing? When your heart is full of grief, you could find some relief If you sing, why not sing? – Barbara McAfee Singing is an ancient and …
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The Just Kitchen: Connecting to God, Neighbor, and Self Through Food
With Derrick Weston Food is at the heart of human society. The ways we grow, source, buy, prepare, serve, and eat all have the potential to build community or break it down. Food connects us to our own personal histories and can be a source of healing and comfort or pain and trauma. This retreat …
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Do Black Lives Matter to God? A Theological Exploration of Evil, Suffering, Resistance, and Divine Accountability
With Naomi Washington-Leapheart This retreat asks the question: If God is benevolent, just, and powerful, how can (does) evil persist in the lives of Black people living in the United States? In this retreat that will include both you and students from Rev. Naomi’s Villanova religious studies class by the same name, we will explore …
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