Retreat Director
Fr. Thomas Lucas, S.J.
"Retreats give us spiritual and psychic breathing room: a space where we can encounter great questions in a simple way. For me, the experience of retreat — of silence, reflection, prayer, and mindfulness — opens up the floodgates of creativity."
Fr. Thomas Lucas, S.J.,
Retreat Director
Fr. Thomas Lucas S.J., is professor of art and architecture at the University of San Francisco, and an internationally recognized liturgical artist and designer. His works include the restoration of the rooms of St. Ignatius in Rome, the Chapel at the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, and the Guadalupe and St. Ignatius Chapels at St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco. He is presently serving as design consultant and coordinator for the renovation of St. Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghai. Fr. Lucas holds a Ph.D. in Theology and the Arts from G.T.U. in Berkeley, and has written and lectured widely on the interface between faith and art.
Retreat Fr. Lucas will be assisting with this season:
