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When I joined the novitiate more than forty years ago, our schedule each day held one half hour of spiritual reading. It made perfect...

When it comes to Lent, which begins March 2nd, we have so many resources to enhance our journey to the cross and resurrection! Most of...

In the 2nd reading from Jan 29th, we were challenged with a revolutionary concept of agape love. Paul’s description in I Corinthians 13,...

There it is…that four letter word…LENT. Yes, it’s a different kind of four letter word than we are accustomed to thinking of, yet still...

One can easily argue that the term ‘consolation’ describes the heart of Ignatius’ spiritual experience of God. In The Spiritual...

Walking out of my first meeting as a member of the Jesuit Retreat Board of Directors, I found myself stealing a line from the Talking...

Jesus often made his point by telling parables, Fr. Boyle provides us with story after story about young men and women, their lives,...

As some of you know, I have started tertianship beginning January 10, 2022, in Portland, Oregon. This is part of our ongoing formation...

A special message for you from the JRC Family. We are deeply grateful for all your care and support for the Jesuit Retreat Center. May...

Here we are at the end of another year. But just like other year ends, as I look back and take stock of the previous 12 months, there...

We all know that Advent is a time of waiting. It’s fair to say that most of us learned this, in the Christian/Catholic tradition, from...

As we come to the close of Advent and approach the celebration of Jesus' birth into the human family, I want to share with you four...

When I was growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, every month a children’s magazine would arrive for us to read. The September and October...

“Pilgrim” usually conjures up images of big buckles and collars accented with funny hats. But living right here in the Bay Area is a...

For almost a century, The Jesuit Retreat Center has helped individuals and multiple generations of families seeking spiritual...

The videos from Retreats Change Lives are about encounters that people have with God, other people, themselves. All are amazing, special,...

November…we turn our clocks back an hour, trees turn their leaves to red and gold, we turn the page on our calendars and see Thanksgiving...

Today is the Feast of Blessed Rupert Mayer, SJ. Here is a prayer that is attributed to him: Lord, let happen whatever You will; and as...

Growing up a Jesuit, I was encouraged to read literature as a window into human experience that my own provincial life did not provide. ...

Much happened during those wonderful, warm summer days at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos as the Board of Directors and staff...