Ignatian Spiritual Exercises

The Spiritual Exercises are a spiritual retreat developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola to help people re-focus their lives on God, and to provide an opportunity for people to hear God speaking in the silence of their hearts. The Exercises have long been recommended by many saints, including St. Frances de Sales and St Alphonsus Ligouri, both Doctors of the Church. In an address, Bl. John Paul II said of the Spiritual Exercises that they are "always an efficient remedy to the evil of the modern man who is pulled away by the whirlwind of the human vicissitudes to live out of himself, absorbed in the exterior things. May it be the forge of new men, authentic Christians, committed Apostles."

Spiritual Exercises for Women 2011-2012

Date	Place	Language	Contact for Registration (for details and cost of the retreat, please see contact)
December 27-30, 2011	Peterborough, Canada	Spanish	Fr. Mentesana (danielmentesana@ive.org)
February 17-20, 2012	Washington D.C.	English	Sr. Hagia Sophia (jun.ihm@servidoras.org)
March 2-5, 2012	Santa Clara, California	Spanish	TBA
March 9-11, 2012	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Bilingual	Fr. J. Lopresti (juliolapresti@ive.org)
March 15-18, 2012	Peterborough, Canada	Spanish	Fr. Mentesana (danielmentesana@ive.org)
May 18-21, 2012	Peterborough, Canada	Spanish	Fr. Mentesana (danielmentesana@ive.org)
August 29-September 2, 2012	Georgetown, Guyana	English	Fr. Correa Llano (javiercorrea@ive.org)

What are the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises? Find out more information on the website of IVE America.