Preached Ignatian Retreats
posted on June 11th, 2010
One of the kinds of event offered by Loyola Hall is the preached retreat, a series of talks and presentations on a theme with ample space for personal silence and prayer. One such retreat has just finished and another is still under way.
Fintan Creaven, SJ has just completed a 6-day preached retreat, ‘Journeying into God’. 
The title drew 22 people who together looked at different aspects of journeying: The Journey of God (the Processions of the Trinity); the journey of Creation (from the Big Bang to now); the Journey of Ignatius; the Journey of Jesus; The Voyage of Prayer; and Peregrinatio (the journeyings on the sea of the ancient Celts). We even looked at journeying on the Wrong Road (moving away from God). Original materials and audio-visuals combined with some lovely weather to make a relaxing and enjoyable event.
Meanwhile Gerry O’Mahony, SJ is currently giving a preached retreat from Monday – Friday to thirteen Columban Missionary priests. Between them they have worked in the Philippines, Brazil, Chile, the United States, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Belgium. Now they are home from the missions, yet still working in parishes in England, Ireland and Scotland.