What to Expect?
Learn prayer & discernment from St. Ignatius of Loyola
Prayer | Fellowship | Discernment | Asceticism
What to Expect?
Learn prayer & discernment from St. Ignatius of Loyola
Prayer | Fellowship | Discernment | Asceticism
During 9 weeks, learn the approach to prayer that has 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. The essential commitments: a full hour of daily prayer and weekly team meeting.
If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36
School of Prayer immediately before Spiritual Exercises, it is reduced to 5 weeks.
Groups are intentionally small with only 5 to 8 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
Daily Commitments
Meditation (60 min)
The Examen (5-10 min)
Keep Brief Notes
Asceticism & Silence
Weekly Commitment
1 Hour Meeting Each Week
Other Commitments
1 Day Retreat (After Week 4)
You must be ready to faithfully follow these commitments
Timeline and Structure
Team Meetings
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 – to learn meditation and discernment
1 day – silent retreat
4 weeks – to form habits to grow in your spiritual 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
Cold showers, 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
