BLOGS 

As with many organizations, the pandemic forced the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos to change how we served God. I would like to...

Angela Zavala, our top flight Retreat Manager, came into my office the other day and asked if I was aware that I was missing a shoe. I...

I arrived at the retreat full of anxiety. Not knowing what to expect from this Sacred Sorrows Retreat. I had not heard of, nor attended a...

I wanted to write today about one of the simple yet powerful lessons that Jesus taught us. In the Gospel of Matthew (Chapter 7:7 - 8), in...

When the Loyola Gardens were renovated several years back, the ancient rose bushes were removed. Many retreatants have been very...

It looks like America magazine and I are on the same wavelength this week. A month ago we were invited to deepen our spiritual practices...

It’s amazing that in a few short years, there will be a centennial celebration for the Jesuit Retreat Center. Think about it. A billiards...

I’ve been thinking a lot about angels lately. This is mainly due to the fact that in a recent spiritual direction conversation we were...

Fr. Robert Fabing, SJ, who has lived at the Jesuit Retreat Center for almost 50 years, loves to remind us that the Retreat Center exists...

Fr. John Auther, SJ is a Jesuit for 42 years and a priest for almost 30 years. In his pastoral ministry he has devoted a good deal of...

Throughout my lifetime, when I have faced difficult times, I have found that my prayer gets distilled down to very simple words. I am not...

In last week’s blog, Fr. John Auther encouraged us to make time for “spiritual viewing” as a way to uplift, challenge and instruct our...

When I joined the novitiate more than forty years ago, our schedule each day held one half hour of spiritual reading. It made perfect...

When it comes to Lent, which begins March 2nd, we have so many resources to enhance our journey to the cross and resurrection! Most of...

In the 2nd reading from Jan 29th, we were challenged with a revolutionary concept of agape love. Paul’s description in I Corinthians 13,...

There it is…that four letter word…LENT. Yes, it’s a different kind of four letter word than we are accustomed to thinking of, yet still...

One can easily argue that the term ‘consolation’ describes the heart of Ignatius’ spiritual experience of God. In The Spiritual...

Walking out of my first meeting as a member of the Jesuit Retreat Board of Directors, I found myself stealing a line from the Talking...

Jesus often made his point by telling parables, Fr. Boyle provides us with story after story about young men and women, their lives,...

As some of you know, I have started tertianship beginning January 10, 2022, in Portland, Oregon. This is part of our ongoing formation...