What to Expect?
A blend of Ignatian and Carmelite spirituality
Prayer | Discernment | Fellowship | Discipleship
What to Expect?
A blend of Ignatian and Carmelite spirituality
Prayer | Discernment | Fellowship | Discipleship
Learn to pray and discern like the saints! These tools have been the foundation for the spiritual life of countless saints. Lived well, this experience will change your life.
Develop a deep prayer life without putting work & family obligations on hold. Two essential commitments: 30-60 minutes of daily prayer and weekly meeting.
If only ten among us lead a holy life, we shall kindle a fire which shall light up an entire city. – St. John Chrysostom
Groups are intentionally small with only 5 to 10 people.
The Wisdom of the Church
Simple, but Powerful
Daily mental prayer (meditation) is the non-negotiable center.
Fellowship provides encouragement and support.
Discernment centers holiness on responding to God’s will.
Asceticism & Silence help us regain self-mastery, remove attachments, and create a space for God, so we can remain united to Him.
Required For Everyone
Essential Commitments
- Mental Prayer (30-60 min)
- Daily Examen (5-10 min)
- Regular Journaling
- 1.5 hour meeting
- Review past week (15 min)
- Hearts on Fire Retreat
(One All-Day Retreat)
Timeline and Structure
Journey Together
Each day prayer is based on readings from Scripture. Then, we come together weekly to share the experiences and lights gleaned from time spent in prayer. Each of us is responsible to help carry our team forward.
4 weeks – Learn meditation and discernment
1 day – Silent retreat
5 weeks – Pray on the central themes of the Christian Life
Asceticism and silence are crucial to the spiritual life, but it is up to each person to best discern the elements for them.
Asceticism
Recommend Removing
Alcohol, sweets, eating between meals, sweet drinks, unnecessary purchases.
Recommend Adding
Regular exercise, good sleep, regular fasting
Silence
Recommend Removing
Television, movies, video games, most music, computer, mobile devices, and internet use.
Recommend Adding
Regular time in nature or away from noise that isn’t specifically prayer.
Why We Started Wildfire
The urgency and seriousness of this moment demands that, to the absolute best of our ability, we fan the flames of personal holiness into the renewal our Church so desperately needs.
Men and women saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult circumstances in the Church’s history.
Today we have the greatest need of saints whom we must beg God to raise up. – St. John Paul II
