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More than contributors, the gathering of over 90 supporters for the May 24th Donor Appreciation Mass and Barbeque, was a community who...

Have you ever prayed to Jesus for something for so long, so fervently, so repeatedly that you wonder if this effort is falling on deaf...

I think I began attending the lawyers silent retreats when I was 28 years old (a few years before I became an attorney). I have had many...

Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J. will be speaking on September 6, 2023, as part of the Annual Jesuit Retreat Center Speaker Series. Br. Guy...

I can remember this event like it was yesterday. Forty years ago, when I was about 26, I was frustrated with sin in my life. So, I...

As we began Holy Week and prepare to witness once again the three days that are the foundation of our faith, I think about one particular...

Volunteers are needed to help accomplish the Jesuit Retreat Center mission. The mission states that “The Jesuit Retreat Center of Los...

Spending Palm Sunday weekend in silence is a wonderful way to begin Holy Week, the last seven days of Lent. The Palm Sunday Retreat is a...

Recently I was talking with some friends in a spirituality group and we started discussing what grace is. I define it as a gift freely...

Dear God, Upon awakening your beauty cross my eyes I imagine you as very wise I am no longer a child My vision of you was kind of wild,...

Ignatius Loyola reluctantly dictated his spiritual Autobiography during the last couple years of his life. His intention was not to leave...

In 2015, Pope Francis pleaded with the world to listen to the earth crying out " because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our...

I find myself back here at El Retiro, my own personal happiest place on earth, lucky enough to be on a retreat sponsored by my employer....

Poetry, like music to my ears. Metaphor and simile galore. Faith explained in a layman’s terms, words rhyming with the right timing. Like...

A very special group of friends of the Jesuit Retreat Center will gather on February 23. The Inaugural El Retiro Society Mass and Dinner...

A new year stands on my doorstep ready to enter my life's journey. something in me welcomes this visitor: the swiftness of the coming the...

We have ended our first week of 2023 and many have already started the traditional New Year's Resolution. I was blessed to have attended...

The death of Benedict XVI gives us an opportunity to give thanks for his long ministry of faithful service to the people of God. He is...

Nothing is as it should be. No more dessert and coffee parties For girlfriends who are no longer girls At 60 years and beyond. Smiling...