Non-silent Retreat, reflecting on our Mortality, for Men & Women
Retreat Considering Our Mortality.
Autumn is a season not of fading or decay, but of possibility,
preparation, and promise. We will consider our
mortality in the light of the Exercises, seeing how our lives constitute such a hopeful season, all in God's love.
Fr. Gerald F. Hudson, S.J., Fr. Jerry was, for many years, a mathematics teacher (at Loyola High School, Loyola Marymount University, and St. Ignatius College Preparatory). He has served several times as a director in the JRC 36-day program. He joined the staff of the JRC in August of 2006 and has been involved in retreats and spiritual direction.
Mrs. Cathy Collins, mother and grandmother is a graduate of University of San Francisco. For many years she worked as a CPA and Controller for non-profit companies but after earning a Masters in Pastoral Ministry from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley she turned to parish ministry, where she was responsible for liturgy, RCIA and religious education for children. She trained as a Spiritual Director at Mercy Center. Today, Cathy is a spiritual director for the 19th annotation, retreats and general spiritual direction as well as writing for a Catholic publisher. She is a member of our Pierre Favre Program.
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Fr. Kevin Ballard, S.J., was born in San Francisco and raised in a traveling military family, joined the Society of Jesus in 1972 and was ordained in 1985. His ministry, mainly in parishes, has also included community organizing, high school teaching, and retreat work. Three years in Kathmandu, Nepal were a highlight and delight. His ongoing interest in Ignatian Spirituality has entailed directing the Spiritual Exercises in their various forms. Since 1981, the blessings of the 12 Steps have been key to life and work. Judaism has been an ongoing inspiration. He is blessed to live sober, one day at a time, since 1981. Kevin is recreated by languages, bird-watching and "staring into space!"
Fr. James Flynn, S.J. was born in 1942 in Los Angeles, CA and attended St. Charles Grammar
School in North Hollywood. After graduating from Bishop Garcia Diego
High School in Santa Barbara in 1960, he matriculated at Santa Clara
University. On September 8, 1961, he entered the Society of Jesus at
Los Gatos.
After the normal course of training at Los Gatos, Fr. Jim majored in
philosophy and English at Gonzaga University, graduating in 1967. He
taught at Loyola High School, Los Angeles from 1967-1970, and after
theological studies at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, he
graduated with an M.Div. in 1973. He was ordained a priest on June 15,
1973. That same year he completed a Master's Degree in English
at Loyola University, Los Angeles.
The next 12 years Fr. Jim worked in administration in Jesuit secondary
education: Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs at Loyola High School,
Los Angeles, Campus Minister (1967-81) and Principal (1981-85) at Jesuit
High School, Sacramento. After a sabbatical year at the Jesuit School
of Theology in Cambridge, MA, he pursued graduate studies at Andover
Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, MA. His concentration was
Ignatian Spirituality and American Jesuit Higher Education: how to maintain
the Ignatian character of the institutions with fewer and fewer Jesuits.
He graduated with a Doctor of Ministry degree in 1989. — more about Fr. Jim
