BLOGS 

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...

A special message for you from the JRC Family. We are deeply grateful for all your care and support for the Jesuit Retreat Center. May...

Here we are at the end of another year. But just like other year ends, as I look back and take stock of the previous 12 months, there...

We all know that Advent is a time of waiting. It’s fair to say that most of us learned this, in the Christian/Catholic tradition, from...

As we come to the close of Advent and approach the celebration of Jesus' birth into the human family, I want to share with you four...

When I was growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, every month a children’s magazine would arrive for us to read. The September and October...

“Pilgrim” usually conjures up images of big buckles and collars accented with funny hats. But living right here in the Bay Area is a...