BLOGS 

“ Christmas is the season” for giving is a common phrase. But at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos our donors are generous with...

This season of Advent I have been pondering the word “Emmanuel.” Of course we all know the Christmas song “O Come O Come Emmanuel” and...

What a wonderful way to end the National Month of Gratitude. With your generosity, we were able to raise $24,904 which will now help the...

Will you help the Jesuit Retreat Center help Homeboys, Industries? We are in the middle of Retreats Change Lives, our annual compilation...

Keep watching these testimonial videos every day until November 29, 2022 #GivingTuesday on our social media pages Facebook Instagram...

Help us reach our goal and donate - https://tinyurl.com/rclgt2022 Or scan the code below with your phone Mail check to Jesuit Retreat...

The month of November is upon us and that means many things ~ the start of the holiday season and all that entails, cooler weather,...

As October rolls to an end, everyone at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos is getting excited about kicking off Retreats Change Lives...

I was first introduced to collage at a women’s spiritual retreat held at the Jesuit Retreat Center in 2018. I don’t recall the exact...

In his dictated Autobiography, Ignatius describes how after his wounds were healed, he possessed a deep desire to journey to the Holy...

What I am thinking about this month is forgiveness. Obviously, as Christians we know Jesus asks us to forgive over and over and over...

Fr. Greg Boyle will help the Retreat Center kick off Retreat Change Lives on Saturday, November 5 at Noon. The Kickoff is virtual and...

Dear Mom and Dad, Hi! Oh my gosh…I am so glad to be writing to you! I miss you! Gosh, how I miss you - each and every day. Just today,...

As all of California endures a heat warning this week and waits for the thermometer to produce a reasonable reading, keep in mind summer...

I had retreatants on the same retreat in Peru, Ecuador and the Philippines. One 19th Annotation retreatant is a missionary in Honduras. ...

I am actually writing this piece from El Retiro, where I am here on what has come to be my annual 8 day Silent Retreat. Many of you...

Alone is necessary and good, difficult to come by and easy to forget the need for. I have come to appreciate the need for being alone,...

After the great feasts following Lent—Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi, ,-- and before the anticipation of Advent, we find...

Some of the top talk show hosts use their late-night programs as a medium to give their opinions about a topic. Now it is my turn. I...

Simone Campbell, S.S.S., was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this month, so I thought it was appropriate to feature her and her...