August 2025

Dear Friends,

Nothing has had the impact that the Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Everyday Life has had on my life. Chief among my profound experiences in the retreat is that I came to believe and deeply feel that Jesus actually loves me. For the first time this was not just an intellectual assent to Scripture and the teaching of the Church.

The methods, practice, and prayer of the retreat finally opened me to accept what God has been offering all along. I don’t have words adequate to describe the love of Christ I now know and savor. And I find I want so very much to share this love with everyone. I pray that everyone experiences God’s love and comes to know true joy and peace.

My life after this retreat will never be the same, and my gratitude to God, St. Ignatius and the Team who made this possible is boundless.

Judith Pollack
2024-2025 Retreat in Everyday Life Retreatant 

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