An Ignatian Retreat is an intense, structured program based on the Spiritual Exercises of the great saint of the Church, St. Ignatius of Loyola.  During these past 400 years, hundreds of thousands of retreatants have been richly blessed by following what the Lord showed to St. Ignatius in prayer.  Ignatian Retreats are offered for eight, twelve or thirty days.  Please note that the eight day Ignatian retreat is a prerequisite for an Ignatian thirty day retreat.

The retreatant meets daily with a director who suggests particular Scriptures relating to themes, such as God's love, mercy, call to serve.  The retreatant spends three to four prayer sessions each day meditating on these Scriptures and praying for the related graces. 

This painting depicts Ignatius presenting the rules of the Society of Jesus to Pope Paul III. This image was executed in the seventeenth century and is in the sacristy of the Church of the Gesu in Rome. Paul III approved the Order on September 27, 1540 in the Bull Regimini Militantis Ecclesiae.

Facilitated by trained and certified lay spiritual directors, these Ignatian retreats are under the supervision of the Cenacle of Our Lady of Divine Providence^® School of Spirituality. Fr. John Wickham, S.J., of the Ignatian Centre in Montreal, Canada is a consultant to the Ignatian Program.