The Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos

Retreat Director

Sr. Antonia Killian
Sr. Antonia Killian

"When I think of a retreat I think of the words spoken by Jesus to his friends 'Come aside and rest a while.'(Mk. 6:31). A retreat is an opportunity to grow in awareness of God’s great love for us and his desire to enter into a deep personal relationship with us. It can also be an opportunity to grow in awareness of our own giftedness and how we might make a little return to him by leading others to experience that great love and friendship which is open to all."
Sr. Antonia Killian
Retreat Director


Sr. Antonia Killian is an Irish Sister of Mercy and spent many years teaching in high school in Ireland. She later studied theology at the Irish National Seminary, Maynooth College. Following a course on Human Development in London, England she took an intensive course on the Spiritual Exercises and the Art of Spiritual Direction in the Jesuit Spirituality Center, Guelph, Canada. Presently, she works in the Spiritual Enrichment Center in Santa Rosa, California. At the Center they give the Spiritual Exercises and arrange presentations on different aspects of spirituality and the spiritual growth of the human person.

Retreat Sr. Antonia will be assisting with this season: