Courses in Ignatian Spirituality
ISI offers various opportunities to learn more about Ignatian spirituality through courses focusing on the basic principles and practices. Course themes include overviews of prayer and praying, discernment, learning about St Ignatius and other Ignatian principles.
Conversation
Spiritual conversation requires attentive listening to oneself, to others, and to the Holy Spirit. It is an experience of sharing life experiences that opens us to a see all things new in Christ.
Encountering Christ in Prayer - sessions begins Sept 17
When it comes to prayer, one size does not fit all. Do you yearn for a deeper experience of prayer? Do you want to discover what your prayer means for a life of faith, hope, and love?
God is the first actor in prayer. On our part, prayer can be silent or vocal, sung or spoken, whispered or shouted, formal and informal. We can kneel, stand, sit, dance, run, walk and more to express ourselves. In prayer, we can and do express the gamut of emotions as we feel, imagine, desire, remember, understand, ponder, evaluate, ask, and decide. And we listen, listen, listen. Most of all we can and do meet Christ in prayer.
Online: Ignatian 5-day directed retreat . Oct 26-Nov 1
“There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in” - Leonard Cohen
Sometimes our lives can feel cracked, ridden with disconnection and discontent. We might feel a yearning - sometimes unwieldy and uncertain, sometimes a desire so specific it freezes us. We may recognize a time away for rest and prayer would be helpful, yet responsibilities and life demands do not allow that freedom. What if you moved into the freedom of a retreat right where you are? In your own home, in your own life, with your own prayer. What if there was someone to help you listen to your own experiences of prayer, your own experiences of God breaking into your ordinary day?
Our Way of Proceeding 2025: exploring vision and mission in the Constitutions
The Ignatian Spirituality Institute is delighted to announce the renewal of the workshop - Our Way of Proceeding: exploring vision and mission in the Constitutions. We are excited to partner with Jesuit Retreat House on Lake Winnebago, Oshkosh, Wisconsin to offer the workshop November 5 - 8, 2025.
Workshop: Giving Witness
This practicum is designed to form lay persons, Jesuits, priests, religious sisters and brothers, involved in or moving into the ministries of parish missions, days of reflection, or preached retreats rooted in the Ignatian spiritual tradition. The practicum will be held Monday, June 8 - Friday, June 12, 2026.
Spiritual Companioning
The Ignatian Spirituality Institute is privileged to work with several Ignatian spiritual companions. Through our application and interview processes, we are sometimes able to help seekers and directors find one another.