RETREAT DIRECTORS:   Maria Shelley (Ignatian Spiritual Director)

WHEN:      Five consecutive Mondays:  

28 Sept & 5, 12, 19 & 26 Oct 2020 

TIMES :        11 am to 12.30 pm or 5 pm to 6.30 pm

LOCATION: SYCHAR

69 Margaret Street TOOWOOMBA

BOOKINGS: Contact Sr Elaine Morzone by 21 Sept 2020 on

0458 020 906  or emorzone@twb.catholic.org.au

R E T R E A T I N V I T A T I O N

A F I R S T S P I R I T U A L E X E R C I S E S R E T R E A T

M O N D A Y S F R O M 28 S E P T T O 26 O C T 2020

INNER PEACE IN DIVINE LOVE

The retreat was composed by Michael Hansen SJ and is based on the Spiritual Exercises by St Ignatiusof Loyola.  This retreat is a way of encountering the Creator as Love in your everyday life through aprogram of personal prayer and attending a weekly gathering of guided spiritual conversation.

There are no special requirements to undertake this retreat just a desire todeepen your relationship with God and find God's presence in your everydaylife.   Be assured that where you are now is where God is waiting for you. 

This is both an individual and group prayer experience

Participants pray at home for at least half an hour on 4 or 5 days of each week, and meet

together with the retreat guides in the group once a week, for 1.5 hours for listening,

prayer and spiritual conversation. 

There are 5 one and a half hour group meetings.·       

Individual prayer is guided by a Prayer Handbook, “The First Spiritual Exercises: Four Guided

Retreats” by Michael Hansen, S.J.

The First Spiritual Exercises retreat is a twenty-two day retreat in daily life. The retreat guides

you in daily prayer through four weeks. Each prayer day includes a time of prayer and

reflection after prayer. Together they add up to a daily commitment of about fifty

minutes. The retreat is for anyone who desires to grow in their relationship with God.

Spend 30-45 mins daily in personal prayer on 4 or 5 days of each week 

Keep a journal     Willingness to commit to 4 weeks of the retreat and attend 5 weekly group meetings·      

Willingness to participate in group sharing and conversation

The Process

Your Commitment

t h e F I R S T S p i r i t u a l

E x e r c i s e s R E T R E A T

A L L W E L C O M E

A F O U R W E E K R E T R E A T I N D A I L Y L I F E

© Jesuit and Ignatian Spirituality Australia Limited 2020.ABN 91 637 748 906, 1300 EXAMEN (1300-392-636), info@jisa.org.au Jesuit and Ignatian Spirituality Australia acknowledges that we walk upon the traditionallands of First Nations peoples. We pay our respects to them and recognise the continuinggift of their cultures to the life and spirit of Australia.

Your Retreat DirectorMaria Shelley and a team of Ignatian Spiritual Directors from the Jesuit and Ignatian

Spirituality Australia (JISA) Faber Centre in Brisbane will guide you through this retreat.

Maria Shelley is an accredited Ignatian Spiritual Director from the Faber Centre with

many years experience giving Spiritual Direction and the Spiritual Exercises of St

Ignatius of Loyola.