19th Annotation

Simply put, the 19th annotation— sometimes called an Ignatian Retreat in Daily Life—is a version of the Spiritual Exercises designed for people who cannot be away for 30 days to do the Exercises as they were practiced originally. Most of the time, the "19th" is done by people who work full-time but who want to do the Spiritual Exercises. The Spiritual Exercises are a compilation of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices developed by St. Ignatius Loyola to help people deepen their relationships with God. For centuries the Exercises were most commonly given as a “long retreat” of about 30 days in solitude and silence. In recent years, there has been a renewed emphasis on the Spiritual Exercises as a program for laypeople. The most common way of going through the Exercises now is a “retreat in daily life,” also known as the 19th Annotation, which involves an eight-month prayer program and weekly meetings with a spiritual director, following a pattern of meditation, contemplation, and scripture reading. This experience gives retreatants a greater awareness of God’s presence in their lives. The retreatant will meet weekly or twice a month with the director as we follow the liturgical year. Beginning in September and usually ending at the end of June.

Fee: $30 per ½ hour weekly session. Approximately 10 months.