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Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius

- group offering
  
  Join us for an 8-month journey of the Spiritual Exercises offered in a group setting. The program starts Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 and runs through April 2026.
  
  First session is Wednesday, Sept. 3, 7:00 pm on Zoom
  
  19th annotation retreat program is 8-9 months:
  Participants commit to one hour of daily personal prayer.
  Meet weekly as a group (on Zoom with one in-person meeting per month.
  Meet with a spiritual director.
  
  The Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life is a path to deep conversion and discipleship.
  
  For 500 years, the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius have transformed lives. The most common way of going through the Exercises is a “retreat in daily life,” which is called a 19th annotation retreat.
  
  For more information about the Spiritual Exercises, email Christine Pearson or Carmen San Juan at [email protected]
  
  If you are seeking a spiritual director:
  submit the spiritual direction interest form
- Helpful resources
  
  The Spiritual Exercises (IgnatianSpirituality.com)
  
  The Spiritual Exercises (Jesuits.org.uk)
  
  For Beginners: The Call of the King
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- individual offering
  
  The Ignatian Team offers the opportunity for an Individual - 19th Annotation version of the Spiritual Exercises
  This program is 9-12 months:
  Individuals commit to one hour of daily personal prayer
  Meet once a week with a spiritual director trained in leading the Spiritual Exercises, at a mutually-agreeable time.
  
  You will to choose a spiritual director. For more information about spiritual direction at St. Peter, go to Spiritual Direction.
  
  If you are seeking a spiritual director and are interested in taking the Spiritual Exercises:
  submit the spiritual direction interest form
- The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius grew out of Ignatius Loyola’s personal conversion experience as a man seeking to grow in union with God and to discern God’s will. They are exercises for the soul.
  
  Ignatius kept a journal as he gained spiritual insight and deepened his spiritual experience, paying attention to movements within himself. Eventually, he gathered these prayers, meditations, insights, reflections, and directions into a carefully designed framework of a retreat, which he called “Spiritual Exercises” — a compilation of contemplative practices, prayers and meditations designed to help recreate a conversion experience like his own.
  
  For 500 years, the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius have transformed lives. St Ignatius developed the Spiritual Exercises with a four week structure during a 30-day silent retreat. However, he also made sure that they were flexible and created a “retreat in daily life,” titled the 19th annotation retreat.
  
  St. Peter offers two experiences of the 19th annotation retreat in daily life:
  Group: an 8-month program with a mix of Zoom and in-person meetings with the group to discuss the weekly exercises. Plus, you'll attend meetings with a spiritual director of your choosing.
  Individual: individual meets weekly with a spiritual director.
  
  Continue reading for information about each offering and the registration form.