Transformations Spirituality Center is offering an At-Home Retreat inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. This retreat experience can be done in the comfort of your own home and in the context of your everyday life. Although adapted to your own pace, the retreat usually spans a period of six to eight months in which you meet with a retreat director at least twice monthly and set aside a daily prayer time. The retreat is patterned on the movements and exercises offered by St. Ignatius. As a result of the retreat, you can expect to grow in your relationship with God, in clarity about your own life path, in spiritual freedom, and in an inner peace that comes from a deeper sense of God's love for you. The At-Home Retreat format is very popular and adapted by spirituality centers and parish communities around the country. The retreat may begin at any time, but if begun in September, the themes for prayer tend to coincide with the liturgical year. There is a $25-$35 offering for each meeting with the retreat director.

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What is an At-Home Retreat? It is for anyone seeking a streamlined, convenient retreat experience that can be done in the comfort of your own home. Who is this retreat for? For busy persons with jobs and families, for stay-at-home moms and dads, for those caring for family members, for individuals between jobs, for someone who would like spiritual enrichment and focused prayer time. What is the time commitment for the retreat? The retreat usually spans a period of six to eight months. You will meet with a retreat director twice a month for about 30-45 minutes, and there is a daily commitment for prayer. Who is the retreat director and what is his/her role? A retreat director is a trained spiritual director sensitive to God's presence and activity. Confidential meetings with your retreat director will take place at Transformations Spirituality Center at a mutually agreeable time, during the day or evening. What can I expect to pay for the retreat? There is a $25 - $35 offering for each meeting with the retreat director.

Retreat Summary

• Basic Assumption: The Ordinary is the vessel of a deeper truth.
  
  
• Overall Aim: Tuning your life to the tone God sounds in your heart!
  
  
• Overall Movement: Follows the pattern of a symphony.
  
  
• Overture-Introducing foundational themes.
  1st Movement:
  Called into Freedom
  2nd Movement:
  Companioning Christ
  3rd Movement:
  Testing Commitment
  4th Movement:
  Partnering in Mission
  
  
• Recapitulation: Loving
  as God Loves.

Recommended Reading:
Companions of Christ: Ignatian Spirituality for Everyday Living
by Margaret Silf

Finding God in All Things
by William Barry

Finding God in Each Moment: The Practice of Discernment in Everyday Life
by Carol Ann Smith and Eugene Merz

God in All Things
by Gerard Hughes

St. Ignatius Loyola
St. Ignatius, the founder of the Society of Jesus was born at Loyola in the Basque region of northern Spain in 1491. He was noble man, a knight, in the service of king of Spain. Ignatius discovered Jesus while recovering from war wounds. Besides founding the Jesuits, St. Ignatius is also, known for writing a small book of directions called Spiritual Exercises, intended to help the person who directs others in a structured program of prayer and contemplation. St. Ignatius is considered the Patron Saint of Religious Retreats.