Retreats Change Lives.. Kick off Event with Fr. Greg Boyle
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cngo49
Nov 2, 20223 min read
Remembering
The month of November is upon us and that means many things ~ the start of the holiday season and all that entails, cooler weather,...
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communications5683
Oct 26, 20221 min read
Join the Retreats Change Live Kickoff with Fr. Boyle…for Free!
As October rolls to an end, everyone at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos is getting excited about kicking off Retreats Change Lives...
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cngo49
Oct 19, 20223 min read
Pictures of Life
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...
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cngo49
Oct 12, 20222 min read
An Ignatian Reflection on the feast of Pope John XXIII
In his dictated Autobiography, Ignatius describes how after his wounds were healed, he possessed a deep desire to journey to the Holy...
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cngo49
Oct 5, 20222 min read
Forgiveness
What I am thinking about this month is forgiveness. Obviously, as Christians we know Jesus asks us to forgive over and over and over...
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cngo49
Sep 28, 20221 min read
Join Fr. Greg for Retreats Change Lives Kickoff
Fr. Greg Boyle will help the Retreat Center kick off Retreat Change Lives on Saturday, November 5 at Noon. The Kickoff is virtual and...
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cngo49
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Love Letter to My Deceased Parents
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,...
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cngo49
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Things are heating up for volunteers
As all of California endures a heat warning this week and waits for the thermometer to produce a reasonable reading, keep in mind summer...
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cngo49
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Go Virtual!
I had retreatants on the same retreat in Peru, Ecuador and the Philippines. One 19th Annotation retreatant is a missionary in Honduras. ...
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cngo49
Aug 24, 20224 min read
Why Silence?
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...
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cngo49
Aug 17, 20224 min read
Seeking to be Alone to Find God in All Things + Scarce Silence in The City
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,...
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cngo49
Aug 10, 20222 min read
Finding God in Ordinary Time, Daily Meditations by Christine Marie Eberle
After the great feasts following Lent—Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi, ,-- and before the anticipation of Advent, we find...
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cngo49
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Top Ten Reasons to Go to The Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos
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...
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cngo49
Jul 27, 20222 min read
A Medal for the Nun on the Bus
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...
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cngo49
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Conversion Requires Cooperation
Devastating realities force changes. But for changes to become conversions, we have to listen to God. A shattered life is just a...
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cngo49
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Ramblings of a former Pollyanna
Before we lost our Kai in December of 2010, I was truly a Pollyanna thinker. I believed all of the cliches about "whatever happens,...
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cngo49
Jul 6, 20223 min read
Freedom
We just finished celebrating July 4th, the day in the U.S. when we observe our independence from then King George and Great Britain...
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cngo49
Jun 29, 20223 min read
Consolation and Devotion
St. Ignatius Loyola’s use of the terms “consolation” and devotion” in describing our spiritual experience The term ‘consolation’...
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cngo49
Jun 22, 20222 min read
Prayer for Oceans
And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created...
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