Spiritual Exercises

Since 1972, the Fathers of Saint Joseph Abbey have been conducting five-day Ignatian retreats for men, giving them the opportunity to share in the riches of their contemplative life by means of this «admirable book of Exercises (...) which has made its mark as the most wise and most universal code of laws of salvation and of the perfection of souls, as the untarnishable source of the most elevated and solid piety, as an irresistible goad and alert guide for aiding souls to reform themselves and to attain the summits of the spiritual life» (Pope Pius XI, Mens Nostra, Dec. 20, 1929).

Monday July 6 to Saturday July 11, 2009	Creeslough, Ireland
Sunday July 26 to Friday July 31, 2009	Cold Ash, Berkshire - Great Britain
Thursday December 3 to Tuesday December 8, 2009	Australia
Sunday December 13 to Friday December 18, 2009	Australia
Sunday July 4 to Friday July 9, 2010	Creeslough, Ireland	[Register on-line]
Sunday July 18 to Friday July 23, 2010	Flavigny	[Register on-line]
Tuesday August 17 to Sunday August 22, 2010	Pantasaph, Great Britain	[Register on-line]

• These retreats are for men only (minimum age 17).
• All retreats begin at 6:00 PM and end at 6:00 PM.
• Registration
• Locations of the Retreats
  • Flavigny : How to get to Flavigny
  • Cold Ash, Berkshire - Great Britain : Cold Ash Retreat Center is located a couple miles northeast of Newbury (more precise instruction will be given at registration)
  • Australia : Australia: Plumpton (35 miles west of Sydney centre) in the Parramatta Diocese 
  • Creeslough, Ireland : Creeslough is located near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. Precise instructions on how to get there will be given at registration.
  • Pantasaph, Great Britain : Pantasaph retreat centre is located in Flintshire, North Wales, a few miles west of Holywell Precise instructions on how to get there will be given at registration.

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Abbaye Saint Joseph de Clairval
21150 FLAVIGNY SUR OZERAIN
FRANCE

The call to holiness can only be heard and followed in the silence of adoration before the transcendence of God. We must admit that we all need this silence filled with adored presence [...] All of us, believers and unbelievers alike, need to learn the value of silence which allows the Other (God) to speak when and as He pleases, and which allows us to understand His word.

In practice this demands great fidelity to liturgical and personal prayer, to the time set apart for mental prayer and contemplation, Eucharistic adoration, monthly retreats and spiritual exercises.

John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation on Consecrated Life, March 25, 1996

In our communities of the Missionaries of Charity we have, from the beginning, made the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius, which are very beautiful and very fruitful. I recommend them to all: they are not reserved to religious. They are all the better when the priest who gives them remains very faithful, with much care, to the method given by Saint Ignatius himself.

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, September 14, 1986

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