Do you want to:

  • Cultivate a deeper, intimate relationship with God?

  • Discover a more expansive & responsive way of listening to your heart?

  • Apply Ignatian discernment principles to important life decisions with greater meaning and purpose?

Join other young adults and adults for a hands-on experience of Ignatian discernment by integrating daily prayer, discernment of spirits, spiritual direction, spiritual conversation, and practicing key steps of discerning God’s will.

This four-week retreat experience is for people who pray regularly and are familiar with Ignatian spirituality (e.g. those who have attended a Silent Retreat, Veritas, or the First Spiritual Exercises). Participants need an openness to really listen, a willingness to practice personal prayer (five times for 30’) during the week, a receptivity to share and support others along the way, and a readiness to meet with a spiritual director weekly.  The experience is guided by Fr. Tri M. Dinh SJ, the Christus Ministries Team, and other Ignatian partners.  

How:

  1. Five online gatherings using the Zoom conferencing app with a guided prayer, spiritual conversation, and contemplative listening in a small group with the same five people.

  2. Participants pray 5 times for approximately 30 minutes during the week on their own using prepared resources.

When: Thursdays: April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13 @ 6:30-8:30 pm PT

Cost: $50 / per person*

  1. Zelle: Use the email: contact@christusministries.org as the recipient & put Discernment Retreat in the memo.

  2. Check: Payable to Christus Ministries mailed to the below address.

    Address: P.O. Box 4525 I Culver City, CA 90231
    Please input Discernment Retreat in the memo.

  3.  PayPal: $51.50 (3% added PayPal fee)

* Christus Ministries will help anyone who genuinely desires to participate but faces financial hardship. Please contact Jaclyn @ jguerrero@christusministries.org for scholarship information if cost is a concern.

Registration: The retreat is currently full. If you would like to be put on a waitlist, please use the button below (and do not send payment unless asked).

Requirements:

  1. Commit to ALL retreat week gatherings (4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13).

  2. Pray & reflect for 30 minutes 5 times per week. Please have a journal available for this retreat.

  3. Create a free Zoom account & download the Zoom app using the SAME registered name & email address.*

* For security purposes, participants’ Zoom account (full name & email address) MUST match their registration information (full name & email address) for meeting room admittance.

Prayer Space:

  1. Set up a quiet prayer space (journal, pen, candle, & prayer item).

  2. Inform those staying with you of the times you will gather online.

  3. Disengage, as best as you can, from phones, food, or anything else that distracts you from being present. *

  4. During each gathering, please MUTE yourself unless it is your turn to share. *

    * For those with young families who may be concerned about meeting these requirements, we welcome you & understand your circumstances. 

Questions: Please contact Jaclyn @ jguerrero@christusministries.org for questions or concerns.

For help with Zoom, click HERE for more details. Technical assistance will be available prior to each gathering.

Permission: For PR purposes, Christus Ministries may record virtual events. By participating in this event, you give permission to be contacted, appear on camera & consent to the use of your image & voice, in any part, to be used by Christus Ministries.