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The standard method used in the retreats given by the SSPX is the Ignatian method.  An Ignatian Retreat consists of a series of spiritual conferences, structured meditations and an opportunity to make a General Confession.  Silence is kept throughout the Retreat, though the retreatants have the opportunity to speak with a priest for spiritual advice.  It is highly recommended that Catholics attend a retreat at least once a year.

HISTORY OF THE IGNATION RETREAT

EXCERPT FROM MEDITANTIBUS NOBIS

POPE PIUS XI ON THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
 
TYPES OF RETREATS AVAILABLE RETREAT CENTERS IN THE USA DISTRICT

St. Ignatius Retreat House

St. Aloysius Gonzaga Retreat Center

Our Lady of Sorrows
Retreat House

St. Thomas 
Aquinas Seminary

Men's
5 Day

Oct 13 – 18
Dec 15 – 20

Sept 29 – Oct 4

 

 

Women's
5 Day

Nov 17 – 22

Oct 20 – 25

Nov 10 – 15
Dec 15 – 20
 

 
Men's Marian        
Women's Marian        
Men's Specialty Retreats  

Dec 11 – 14 (Weekend)

Oct 8 – 11
(3-day Virtue)

 
Women's Specialty Retreats  

Dec 4 – 7 (Weekend)

   
Matrimony     Oct 22 – 25  
Doctrinal / Literature        
Mixed
(men & women)
Specialty Retreats
 

Nov 10 – 15 (Third Order)
 

Dec 27 – Jan 2
(Marian) tentative dates
 

TYPES

St. Ignatius Retreat House
Ridgefield, CT
St. Aloysius Gonzaga Retreat Center
Los Gatos, CA
Our Lady of Sorrows Retreat House
Phoenix, AZ
St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary
Winona, MN
 
 RETREAT HOUSE CONTACT INFORMATION

ST. IGNATIUS RETREAT HOUSE

209 Tackora Trail
Ridgefield, CT 06877
203-431-0201 tel
203-431-0202 fax

ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA RETREAT CENTER

19101 Bear Creek Road
Los Gatos, CA 95033
408-354-7703 tel
408-354-7369 fax

OUR LADY OF SORROWS RETREAT CENTER

750 E. Baseline Road
Phoenix, AZ 85042
602-268-7673 tel
602-276-9609 fax

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS SEMINARY

21077 Quarry Hill Drive
Winona, MN 55987
507-454-8000 tel
507-454-8044 fax
 

Excerpt from Meditantibus Nobis
December 3, 1922

...in the Retreat of Manresa, St. Ignatius learned from the Mother of God herself how he should fight the combats of Our Lord.  It was as from her hands that he received this code so perfect, and in all truth we can so call it, of which every soldier of Jesus Christ ought to make use.  We are speaking of the the Spiritual Exercises, which according to tradition, were given from Heaven to Saint Ignatius.  Not that we should not esteem other spiritual exercises, but that in those organized according to the Ignatian method, everything is disposed with such wisdom, everything is so well coordinated that, if man does not oppose Divine Grace, they renew him completely and render him fully submitted to Divine Authority.

 
 

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