Silent 8-Day Ignatian Retreat

August 8, 2021, 4:30 PM - August 15, 2021, 1:00 PM

Silent 8-Day Ignatian Retreat
Becoming More Aware of Jesus' love in the World and Rejoicing
Immaculate Heart Retreat Center will host an 8 - Day Ignatian Silent Retreat titled: “Becoming More Aware of Jesus' love in the World and Rejoicing” conducted by Fr. Tom Lamanna, S.J. and Fr. J.K. Adams, S.J. on August 8-15, 2021. The 8 – Day Ignatian Retreat begins at 4:30 PM with registration before dinner and ends at 1:00 PM after the closing lunch.

St. Ignatian has offered the Church the amazing gift of the Spiritual Exercises and the rules of discernment. Learn how discouragement and desolation are opportunities for connection with God. We are called to be people who live for God's love and in connection with God. The spiritual exercises help us to learn in a (w)holy way. $720 per person. This retreat is silent.

Fr. Tom Lamanna, S.J. – Bio

Fr. Tom was born and raised in Spokane in St. Francis Xavier Parish. He attended St. X, Gonzaga Prep, and Gonzaga U after which he entered the Jesuits. His Jesuit formation took him to Portland, Spokane, and Boston. Fr. Tom taught at Gonzaga Prep for 8 years, Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma for 5 years, in between those two assignments he worked in the Jesuit Novitiate for 11 years as Associate Novice Director and Novice Director. Father is currently the Pastor at St. Aloysius Parish.

He has worked extensively with the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, both in the 30-day format, and as the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life, also known SEEL or the 19th Annotation. Fr. Tom has directed and trained directors of the Spiritual Exercises for the past 25 years.

Fr. J.K. Adams, S.J. Bio

Fr. Adams is a native of Great Falls, Montana. He is a graduate of Gonzaga University and the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara. He entered the Jesuits in 1985 and was ordained in 1995. Throughout his formation, he has been trained in Ignatian Spirituality and Spiritual Direction and has directed many in the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius as well as on-going direction. He has spent most of his career in secondary education and is presently the chaplain and on faculty at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane.