Monthly Messages

An Invitation to Retreat

A Journey is perhaps the best way to describe the experience of a person's lifetime approach to God.  To describe Spiritual living in terms of travel is to capture the sense of adventure, mystery, and discovery that accompanies the pilgrim.  The word JOURNEY embraces all the uncertainty of departure and arrival, all the anxiety of weary travel even in this day of high-tech transportation.

Masters of the spiritual life have spoken of the task of pursuing holiness in terms of a desert experience; they have compared it to mountain climbing, living in different rooms of a mansion, and journeying down a path.  They sometimes call spirituality the journey inward.

Whatever the figure of speech, this mystical itinerary has always as it's goal, union with the Father.  As with any other journeys of human experience, spirituality is a journey toward someone, not just somewhere.  Prayer and spirituality are journeys to the Father.

A RETREAT is a time set aside for special concern about our journey to the Father.  It is a time for reflection from two points of reference:  Where am I now? And where do I wish to go?

It is a time set aside for new awareness that no one makes this journey alone.  The family around us, our relatives and friends, people in our neighborhood and across town... in fact the global family makes this journey together.

I hope you will find a retreat or program that suits you as you continue on your journey.  We welcome you to Loyola and invite you to come... rest awhile and retreat in the peacefulness that is Loyola.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Elizabeth Haller, Executive Director

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