Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius: Mens' 5-Day Retreat
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Ignatian Spiritual Exercises: Mens’ retreat
4th - 9th February 2026
A fantastic opportunity to experience St Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises in a 5-day, shortened form. The retreat will be guided by the monastic community of St Joseph’s Abbey, Flavigny (France), who were founded with the specific charism of offering this version of the Exercises and with a particular apostolate to men. The retreat is open to men in all states of life (whether in Holy Orders, religious, married or single), who wish to seek God’s will through a deepened detachment from the world.
As is proper for the Spiritual Exercises, the retreat is a silent one (with the exception of one-to-one meetings with the retreat guides).
The Exercises are a synthetic and practical presentation of the central truths of the Catholic faith—God, the meaning of life, the eternal destiny of mankind, the life of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race—in the form of meditations, examination of conscience and prayers.
The aim of the Exercises is to find peace of heart, to free oneself of worldly attachments and to discover the will of God for the salvation of the soul.
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