Retreats and Bookings 2021
What is God asking of me
Booked out
30 July @ 4:00 pm – 1 August @ 12:00 pm
How do I know when God is speaking to me? Discerning the voice of God
God speaks to us in the depths of our being, not off the top of our heads. The depths of ourselves are not in our reasoning and ideas, still less in someone else’s reasoning and ideas. If we are to find God, we must learn to listen to these depths, to the emotions and feelings which we experience in prayer and out of it.” In Search of a Way Gerry Hughes SJ
The format of this weekend retreat will be communal prayer and input each morning, followed by silent prayer time and group sharing. There may be opportunity for individual spiritual direction. In this retreat we will explore ways to get in touch with our “depths of our being.”
Facilitated by Terry Fanning and Michael Ryan SJ from JISA Campion
Live-in Retreat: Friday 30 July 4pm – Sunday 1 August 12noon
Community of the Holy Name Spirituality Centre, 40 Cavanagh St, Cheltenham VIC
Cost: $360 including accommodation, all meals, materials and spiritual direction
Bookings: 1300 EXAMEN (1300-392-636) or info@jisa.org.au
Come Dance with me – Places still available
3 September @ 8:00 am – 5 September @ 5:00 pm
This silent weekend retreat is an invitation to enter the Divine Dance: a celebration of our relationship with the Cosmic Christ. In the spirit of Ignatius, Teilhard de Chardin and other mystics, to know and experience Jesus more intimately; to love and follow Him more closely and to celebrate His Cosmic Dance in Creation.
Facilitator: Colleen Leonard SGS from JISA Campion.
When: Friday 3 September 5.30pm for 6pm dinner to Sunday 5 Sept 2.30pm
Where: Community of the Holy Name Spirituality Centre, 40 Cavanagh St, Cheltenham VIC
Cost: $295 including accommodation and meals
Bookings: 1300 EXAMEN (1300-392-636) or info@jisa.org.au
Teilhard and the Struggle of Life – Places still available
17 October @ 7:00 pm – 22 October @ 12:00 pm
Drawn to follow the road of fire
Residential Retreat at the base of the Dandenong’s Victoria
with Sr Kathleen Duffy SSJ online from the US 4hrs per day
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ is one of the most influential mystics of the 20th century. His explanation of the purpose and direction of evolution in Christ is a significant contribution to 21st century theology and science. Teilhard experienced many challenges in his life, yet despite the struggle and pain, he was able to encounter Christ in it, seeing each struggle as the way of growth, integration and creativity. Teilhard’s faith and spirituality of creation give us resources for the personal and global struggles of our world today.
Sister of St Joseph, Kathleen Duffy, PhD Physics will offer her expertise on Teilhard. Kathleen has written extensively on his scientific insights in the light of faith. Sr Kathleen will present a talk and a spiritual exercise twice a day, and invite questions and discussion for participants to pray and share
Sunday 17 October 7pm – Friday 22 October 12noon
Don Bosco Retreat Centre, 465 Lysterfield Road, Lysterfield
Don Bosco Retreat Centre is nestled at the foothills of the picturesque Dandenong Ranges, amongst farmlands with stunning views and only 45 minutes from Melbourne CBD. The retreat program will allow for prayer and walks in pastures and adjacent to the state forest. Accommodation is single and twin share (shared bathrooms) and all meals (and diets) are catered for.
Cost: $790 including input, materials, accommodation and all meals
Bookings: 1300 EXAMEN (1300-392-636) or info@jisa.org.au
3-8 Day Individually Guided Retreats in 2021
JULY 19th – 26th
SEPTEMBER 6th – 13th
Is God inviting you to ‘Come away and rest a while’? These ‘at home’ retreats offer you spaci
ous time to pray and reflect on your life and to ponder with God on what is slowly emerging. Your spiritual director, whom you will see on-line daily, will provide you with prayer material.
Our offerings are below, but we are not restricted by the dates, so if the suggested dates don’t suit, just let us know what you would like and one of our directors will be able to accompany you.
Skype, Zoom, FaceTime or telephone, whatever works best for you.
Suggested donation: $70 per day.
Bookings can be made by calling 1300 392 636 EXAMEN or by using this Booking Form,
The Full Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life over 30 weeks – Book now for 2021
Do you have the desire to deepen your relationship with God? The Spiritual Exercises are a life changing retreat and offer rich prayer material, different methods of discernment and the 
opportunity to discover the ways in which God is calling you at this particular time of your life.
What St Ignatius called the ’19th Annotation retreat’ runs for about 30 weeks and is called the Retreat in Daily Life. During this retreat you commit to an hour of prayer each day with set material and then each week you engage in spiritual direction for an hour. In person or online.
To download an application form Click here
Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola at Sevenhill SA – 2021 Dates – 30 days Silent Retreat
Monday 11 October to Monday 15 November 2021
– at Sevenhill Retreat Centre, South Australia
The Full Spiritual Exercises can be made over 33-days as an individually-directed live-in retreat. In an atmosphere of prayerful silence and surrender, one is drawn into a deeper relationship with God through daily prayer, reflection, liturgy and spiritual direction. For a confidential application form or more information, please contact Jesuit and Ignatian Spirituality Australia for an Application Form on 1300 392 636 or email info@jisa.org.au
Australian Ignatian Trail 2021
21 to 30 August (long pilgrimage)
One place left
A pilgrimage along The Australian Ignatian Trail in the footsteps of the first Jesuits in Australia.
7-day walking pilgrimage (9 nights) Barossa and Clare Valley South Australia
As a small group of pilgrims, you will walk part of the route in South Australia taken by the first Jesuits who arrived in 1848. The Trail brings a focus to the history of the first Jesuits in Australia at Sevenhill where the Jesuits established the first vineyard of the Clare Valley in 1851. It complements the Mary Mackillop-Woods Way (Portland Victoria to Penola SA) and other Australian pilgrimages/caminos.
This trail starts in Gawler with overnight accommodation in motels and caravan parks – stopping in Lyndoch, Tanunda, Kapunda, Tarlee, Riverton, Auburn and ending in Sevenhill. The route includes sections of the Heysen, Barossa Trail (formerly Jack Bobridge), Rattler and Riesling trails that link the Barossa and Clare Valleys.
This camino experience provides an opportunity to encounter Ignatian Spiritualty, discerning and listening to God’s presence in Nature. Step aside from everyday life, walk, reflect, experience nature day after day, time in silence, conversation and listening to God’s presence.
Seven consecutive days of walking covering 136km. A good degree of fitness is essential with average daily distances between 13km and 22km.
The group will be supported by two experienced leaders from JISA’s Being with God in Nature ministry: Ignatian Spiritual Director Geraldine Naismith and Jesuit priest Iain Radvan SJ.
Cost: $2725 ($341 per day) per person, including:
- 8 nights’ country accommodation
- 4 breakfasts, two dinners, one lunch
- Daily luggage transfers
- Free day at Sevenhill to explore the vineyard & Retreat Centre surrounds
- Two retreat leaders / walking guides
- Information Booklet
- Ignatian Prayer Guide
Costs not included are:
- Travel to our starting point at Gawler and that night’s accommodation
- Travel from our finishing point at Sevenhill Clare Valley
- Meals required along the way
Places are limited – Please send your expression of interest to info@jisa.org.au
Australian Ignatian Trail 2021 (short pilgrimage)
Pilgrimage along The Australian Ignatian Trail in the footsteps of the first Jesuits in Australia.
4-day walking pilgrimage (6 nights) Clare Valley South Australia
12 October to 18 October 2021
With a small group of pilgrims, you will walk part of the route in South Australia taken by the first Jesuits who arrived in 1848. This section of The Australian Ignatian Trail will begin at Kapunda. From there, the route proceeds along quiet country roads, the Rattler Trail and the Riesling Trail finishing at Sevenhill where the Jesuits established the first vineyard of Clare Valley in 1851.
This camino experience provides an opportunity to encounter Ignatian Spiritualty, discerning and listening to God’s presence in Nature. Step aside from everyday life, walk, reflect, experience nature day after day, time in silence, conversation and listening to God’s presence.
Four consecutive days of walking covers 76km. A moderate level of walking fitness and overall good health is essential with daily distances between 15km and 22km.
The group will be supported by two experienced leaders from JISA’s Being with God in Nature ministry: Jan FitzPatrick and Michael Bertie.
Cost: $1875 per person, including:
- 6 nights’ country accommodation (one-night twin share room)
- 4 breakfasts, two dinners, one lunch
- Daily luggage transfers
- Free day at Sevenhill to explore the vineyard & Retreat Centre surrounds
- Two retreat leaders / walking guides
- Information Booklet
- Ignatian Prayer Guide
Costs not included are:
- Travel to our starting point at Kapunda
- Travel from our finishing point at Sevenhill Clare Valley
- Meals required along the way
Places are limited – Please send your expression of interest to info@jisa.org.au