BLOGS 

There is a 1925 photograph of the first El Retiro retreat with Fr. Joseph Stack, S.J. and 15 members of the Catholic Laymen’s retreat....

For a century now, the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos has welcomed seekers into a sanctuary of silence, prayer, and deep spiritual...

Pastoral Staff at The Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos Autumn is always an exciting time of year at El Retiro and this year that is...

The Centennial Mass Celebration, a new gala, plus all the wonderful retreats has made for quite a 100th anniversary year for El Retiro —...

We at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos wish you a very blessed Easter season.   We have lost a humble and prophetic servant in Pope...

Things have rebounded and have started to flourish here at El Retiro- almost a full recovery from the disruption caused by the pandemic....

After a hundred years, The Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos is celebrating the first Mass, the first retreat and, for the first time, a...

The warmth and joy of the Christmas season continues throughout all of 2025 with a retreat. After taking down the Christmas tree and all...

“…so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.” (Lk 1.4) This verse from the opening paragraph of Luke’s...

Today is #GivingTuesday and no doubt your inbox is filled with requests from many nonprofit groups, all doing important work. You should...

Forgiving can be hard. Our Christian faith tells us it is important to forgive. But when we have suffered harm, our feelings of anger and...

I love stories about time travel and reading all the scientific reasons why it can or cannot happen.  Most physicists agree that time...

I drive six miles south into Los Altos from Palo Alto, past the Shoup Park entrance to the Redwood Grove, seeking the landmark for my...

The rain on Saturday could not keep the visitors --- or the smiles--- away on Community Day. Guests from the San Francisco Bay came to...

In the early 1920s, the Jesuits of Northern California, with the enthusiastic support of San Francisco Archbishop Edward Hanna, sought to...

For the second year, a group of very special friends will gather to celebrate and be celebrated. The El Retiro Society Annual Mass and...

Last weekend I attended the Christmas Oasis virtual retreat with Fr. Auther.  At the retreat poems are presented to us and we spend some...

Guests carried lit candles into Rossi Chapel on December 6 as they prepared themselves for the voices and dancing of Lessons & Carols,...

Thank you for getting us to our #GivingTuesday finish line. With your help we are almost at our $25,000 goal and gifts to support our...

So, you’re on your way back from addiction. It doesn’t matter what kind: alcohol, drugs or even to another person. What you need in your...