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I had retreatants on the same retreat in Peru, Ecuador and the Philippines. One 19th Annotation retreatant is a missionary in Honduras. ...

I am actually writing this piece from El Retiro, where I am here on what has come to be my annual 8 day Silent Retreat. Many of you...

Alone is necessary and good, difficult to come by and easy to forget the need for. I have come to appreciate the need for being alone,...

After the great feasts following Lent—Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi, ,-- and before the anticipation of Advent, we find...

Some of the top talk show hosts use their late-night programs as a medium to give their opinions about a topic. Now it is my turn. I...

Simone Campbell, S.S.S., was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this month, so I thought it was appropriate to feature her and her...

Devastating realities force changes. But for changes to become conversions, we have to listen to God. A shattered life is just a...

Before we lost our Kai in December of 2010, I was truly a Pollyanna thinker. I believed all of the cliches about "whatever happens,...

We just finished celebrating July 4th, the day in the U.S. when we observe our independence from then King George and Great Britain...

St. Ignatius Loyola’s use of the terms “consolation” and devotion” in describing our spiritual experience The term ‘consolation’...

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created...

Everyone involved with the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos believes that retreats change lives is what happens here. There are many...

I recently was having a spiritual focused conversation with someone who asked me where I got my strength from? I had been reflecting to...

The doctors scratched their heads. This was improbable. Week after week the lovely young woman and her devoted husband arrived at the...

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...