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19 Annotation Retreat
The Spiritual Exercises of
Ignatius of Loyola

Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556, co-founder of the Jesuits) believed that God loves us without condition, and deeply desires a personal relationship with each of us through Christ. Based on his own experience, he developed a series of Spiritual Exercises, the goal of which is to develop or deepen that relationship.

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola have been a spiritual resource for Christians for centuries. The exercises were originally intended to be used over a thirty day period and were so used by the Society of Jesus (also known as The Jesuits, a religious order founded by Ignatius) from its inception. However, Ignatius realized that not everyone could set aside thirty days to engage the exercises. Early on, he developed a way that the average Christian could undertake the exercises within the context of their daily life. This approach is known as the 19th annotation.

Rolling Ridge is offering a 19th Annotation Retreat as an opportunity to engage the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises over a period of six months in the context of your daily life. During this pandemic the retreat will be offered virtually. The various exercises and prayer experiences will be broken down week by week and emailed to participants by the retreat director. There will be monthly group direction meetings via Zoom to process your experience through the exercises. Each participant will also have email access to the director to help with questions or concerns. If you have always wanted to experience the Ignatian Exercises this is your opportunity to do so from the comfort and safety of your own home and on your own schedule.

- Initial all group session ONLINE: Monday, November 23 from 6:30-8:30 pm via Zoom
- Pre-set small group ONLINE sessions - Monday evenings from 6:30-8:00 pm
Monday, December 28
Monday, January 25
Monday, February 22
Monday, March 22
- A second small group ONLINE meeting date and time to be arranged during initial gathering session
- Final all group closing, Monday, April 19 (pending COVID, gathering time and possible ONSITE session at the Ridge TBA)

NOTE: Upon registration, you will receive the Zoom link for the November 23rd gathering. Zoom links for the following group sessions will be made available after the initial gathering.

Cost: $289 for monthly group online direction sessions, materials, and email contact with the facilitator

Participants will receive material for all sessions via email and access to online group directionduring the initial gathering in November and then the following 5 monthly 90 minute sessions (December through April). Participants will also be able to email questions to the facilitator.

If a participant would like one-on-one direction with the facilitator, the cost will be $25 per session.

If COVID restrictions are lifted and the group decides to have an ONSITE final gathering at the Ridge, there will be an additional cost for lunch. That will determined at a later date.
 

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