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Where Do I Begin?

Jan 8 2010 - Jan 10 2010

 

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Silent Retreat for Women

We are all beginners, and we always begin at the beginning— with God. Whether it is the time of a new year or not, it is helpful to use insights from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to help us continually to begin with God.

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.

Sr. Ingrid Honoré-Lallande, C.S.J., earned a Masters degree in Educational Administration from St. Mary's College in Moraga, California and a Masters of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. She has served as a teacher/administrator at the Elementary level, as a Registrar and Director of Admissions at the Graduate level and as a Campus Minister and Spiritual Director at Santa Clara University. Most recently she completed the 9-month Internship Program in the Ministry of Spiritual Direction at Loyola House in Guelph, Ontario, Canada where she was certified to direct the 30-day Spiritual Exercises. She is currently directing retreats and is available for on-going spiritual direction.

Assisting

Fr. Joseph Fice, S.J., spent 25 years as a religious educator in Jesuit high schools in California and Arizona. He taught at Jesuit High School in Sacramento, Loyola High School in Los Angeles, and Brophy Preparatory School in Phoenix. His academic interests evolved from mathematics to a deep interest in scripture and ethics. After earning a B.S. in Mathematics from Loyola University of Los Angeles, he received an M.A. in Philosophy from Gonzaga University and an S.T.M. in Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. A lecturer in Philosophy at Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1967 to 1969, his subsequent high school teaching focused on Scripture and Catholic Christianity.

Bro. Thomas Koller, S.J. first came to The Jesuit Retreat Center over 40 years ago while discerning his own vocation to religious life; so he comes full circle with this present asignment. Most recently Brother was stationed for 12 years at St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco, working in school administration, and moderating some student activities. Earlier he was assigned as part of the staff of Father General in Rome, where he assisted Father General at the American Assistancy desk. He also spent many years as manager at the now closed Novitiate Winery in Los Gatos where, for almost a century, the California Jesuits produced sacramental and commercial wines as a means of support for the young Jesuits in formation for California Province.

Ms. Vivian Noble

Fr. Peter Togni, S.J., born in King City, CA, and raised on a dairy farm in Greenfield, graduated from Yale before entering the California Province of the Jesuits in 1975. He has taught in the theology department at USF and served there as an Associate Dean for students' issues. A volunteer at San Quentin for six years, Fr. Peter helped to set up and coordinate for the prisoners the offerings of the School of Pastoral Leadership for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, also teaching in that program.

Fr. Peter has a deep devotion to the working of the Holy Spirit and wrote his dissertation on a novitiate in the early Society of Jesus.



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