St Beuno's Jesuit Spirituality Centre: What is an IGR

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WHAT IS AN INDIVIDUALLY GUIDED RETREAT

Quiet Time to Pray and Ponder

If your life is busy one,with many cares and concerns, then you would probably benefit from a time of quiet prayer and reflection. Many find that they return home from a retreat in a more peaceful and consoled frame of mind.
You may well just want time for yourself and your God. Time to devote to prayer, tell your story to a retreat guide who is an open and accepting listener.

Many people who come on retreat find that unresolved issues stop them from being as happy or fruitful as they could be. Many of us keep troubles at arms length with liberal doses of television, computers, work and other distractions. On an individually guided retreat you leave television, telephone, computers, and other distractions aside and allow what is more important to surface.

At St Beuno's we believe in a God who wants to show his love for each one of us. Love is shown in an acceptance of who we are with our personality and our history. We find that people who come on retreat invariably experience God in a positive way and return home lighter, rejuvenated, consoled, more confident in doing God's will.

An individually guided retreat is an experience of prayer, over a number of days. There is a daily personal meeting with a retreat guide, usually lasting up to 45 minutes, to reflect on each day's prayer and offer guidelines and resources for the next day.

It is usual for each participant to spend some time each day dedicated to prayer and reflection. There are no hard and fast rules for times of prayer: most participants will do between three and five periods of prayer a day.

The retreat is above all a time of listening to God at work in the experiences of your daily life and in the prayer of the retreat. The director or retreat guide is also there primarily to be a listener and companion on your journey.

Individually guided retreats at St Beuno's follow the inspiration of Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises drawing on some of the approaches, methods of prayer and ways of reflection they suggest. They do not however follow the Full Exercises in a compressed way.

What is expected on an individually guided retreat...

Dates of Retreats: 2013


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		WHAT IS AN INDIVIDUALLY GUIDED RETREAT
		Quiet Time to Pray and Ponder
		If your life is busy one,with many cares and concerns, then you would probably benefit from a time of quiet prayer and reflection. Many find that they return home from a retreat in a more peaceful and consoled frame of mind. You may well just want time for yourself and your God. Time to devote to prayer, tell your story to a retreat guide who is an open and accepting listener. Many people who come on retreat find that unresolved issues stop them from being as happy or fruitful as they could be. Many of us keep troubles at arms length with liberal doses of television, computers, work and other distractions. On an individually guided retreat you leave television, telephone, computers, and other distractions aside and allow what is more important to surface. At St Beuno's we believe in a God who wants to show his love for each one of us. Love is shown in an acceptance of who we are with our personality and our history. We find that people who come on retreat invariably experience God in a positive way and return home lighter, rejuvenated, consoled, more confident in doing God's will. An individually guided retreat is an experience of prayer, over a number of days. There is a daily personal meeting with a retreat guide, usually lasting up to 45 minutes, to reflect on each day's prayer and offer guidelines and resources for the next day. It is usual for each participant to spend some time each day dedicated to prayer and reflection. There are no hard and fast rules for times of prayer: most participants will do between three and five periods of prayer a day. The retreat is above all a time of listening to God at work in the experiences of your daily life and in the prayer of the retreat. The director or retreat guide is also there primarily to be a listener and companion on your journey. Individually guided retreats at St Beuno's follow the inspiration of Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises drawing on some of the approaches, methods of prayer and ways of reflection they suggest. They do not however follow the Full Exercises in a compressed way. What is expected on an individually guided retreat... Dates of Retreats: 2013

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