Retreats Offered

Post-Retreat Experiences

The Loyola College Retreat Program is an essential contributor to the corporate mission of Loyola College, namely the preparation of men and women for others. In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius Loyola challenged participants to discern God's call and life that call responsibly, faithfully and intentionally in a sacramental world. The Retreat Program assists Loyola students as they prepare to accept that responsibility.

The Undergraduate Retreat Program is an integral part of Loyola College Campus Ministry. The Retreat Program provides students with opportunities for:

• instruction and experience in individual and community prayer;

• faith sharing;

• values clarification;

• community building; and

• discernment in the Ignatian tradition.

The Retreat Program encourages students to go aside and pray as Jesus did. When Jesus went out into the desert he was confronted with major life decisions -- not unlike the kinds of decisions most college-aged students are about to make. He was asked to consider questions of personal integrity, vocation and the faith context of his life. The Undergraduate Retreat Program is designed to recognize the important life questions which students face, but it is also designed to help students realize that spiritual growth and development is a life journey, a movement through continuous stages, a call to love according to the Gospel.

The retreats Loyola offers are:

• Ignatian Retreat

• Freshman Retreat

• Sophomore Retreat

• Junior Retreat

• Senior Retreat

• Cornerstone Retreat

• Service and Leadership Retreat

• Men's Retreat

• Women's Retreat

• Environmental Spirituality Retreat

• Protestant Retreat

• Honors Retreat

• House Retreats

• Silent Directed Retreat

• Life Relationships Retreat

• Athletic Retreats

• Musicians' Retreat

• 12 Step Retreat

• Diversity Retreat

• Service and Spirtuality Retreat

• Ecotheology Retreat

Post-Retreat Experience

Post-Retreat experiences at Loyola are those events, activities, and prayer services that seek to continue the transformation(s) that the Spirit has facilitated in a person on a particular retreat. Many times, people have very powerful experiences of God during retreats. This "problem" can often become exacerbated when one has to come home to a campus that is buzzing with homework, activities, and other obligations. To that end, Campus Ministry offers students ongoing opportunities to continually deepen the friendships they have made, as well as the faith commitments to which they have been led. This deepening takes place through social activities (photograph sharing, ice cream socials), service projects (Habitat for Humanity, Project Mexico, Spring Break Outreach), and prayer experiences (liturgies, EvenSong, silent meditation times).