Day And Evening Reflection Programs
Throughout the year Bellarmine hosts spiritual programs that are open to the public. Our spirituality programs are meant for individuals who are 18 years or older. See below for a listing of programs and how to register. If you have any questions, please contact programs@jesuitretreat.org.
What's Next? Discerning Your Decisions in the Ignatian Tradition
A Day of Reflection for Adults
Monday, February 17, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Retreat Leader:
Fr. J. Michael Sparough, SJ
The Spiritual Exercises help us move toward a deeper interior freedom to better navigate the twists and turns of life. Fr. Michael reprises one of his most popular programs as he helps us prayerfully appreciate St. Ignatius' methodology for decision making and how it can be applied to the big and small decisions we face.
Program Cost: $75.00 (includes Lunch)
Lenten Day of Reflection - Ash Wednesday
A Day of Reflection for Adults
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Retreat Leader:
Fr. Mark Scalese, SJ
Easter is about the renewal/transformation of all things, including ourselves. Lent can be an invitation to think about the kind of “new creation” we desire to become and to take steps to work toward that. On this day of reflection, we will learn how to deepen our relationship with God through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
Program Cost: $75.00 (includes Lunch)
Virtual Lenten Book Study with Fr. Roc
A Weekly Ignatian Prayer Group for Adults
March 5 - April 16, 2025
Retreat Leader:
Fr. Roc O'Connor, SJ
Virtual Lenten Book Study: Wednesday evenings 6:30pm – 9pm
March 5, 12, 26, April 2, 9, 16
Join us this Lent for a reflective book study on The Denial of Death, the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece by Ernest Becker. Fr. Roc shares, "This book deepens my understanding of human nature." Join him to reflect on its profound insights into the human condition.
Participants will need to purchase the book on their own prior to the start of the series.
Program Cost: $60.00
Lenten Day of Prayer: Finding Our Mission from the One Who Calls Us Together
A Day of Reflection for Adults
Monday, March 24, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Retreat Leader:
Fr. Roc O'Connor, SJ
By the time of this retreat, we’re half-way through Lent. Most likely, many of our Lenten Resolutions will have lapsed. Now what?
Joining us on this day of reflection will allow us to gather together and reflect on several foundational scripture passages from this Lent – not to salvage our self-esteem, but to approach God in Christ through the Holy Spirit as beloved, sinful persons, who receive our mission from the One who calls us together.
To be known, as we are known by the Lord, as a way to prepare to celebrate the Easter sacraments.
Program Cost: $75.00 (includes Lunch)
Mary's Way of the Cross
An Evening of Reflection for Women
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Retreat Leader:
Rev Carol Ann Munro
Join us for a prayerful and meditative evening as we experience again the story of Jesus' passion and keep vigil with his mother, Mary, the Mother of God, who remained compassionate and faithful to God even at the foot of the cross. The evening includes a simple Lenten dinner, reflection and Stations of the Cross.
Program Cost: $50.00 (includes Dinner)
Spiritual Refreshment for Moms
A Day of Reflection for Women
Friday, May 9, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Retreat Leaders:
Rachel Forton & Nancy Hulsebosch
Come away for a day of spiritual refreshment just for moms! Whether your children are 2 or 52, you are welcome to join us as we gather the graces of motherhood and ask God to renew us in our vocation. We will look to the wisdom of Mary the Mother of Jesus as well as contemplate Scriptural images of motherhood.
Program Cost: $75.00 (includes Lunch)
Mary's Way of the Cross
An Evening of Reflection for Women
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Retreat Leader:
Rev Carol Ann Munro
Join us for a prayerful and meditative evening as we experience again the story of Jesus' passion and keep vigil with his mother, Mary, the Mother of God, who remained compassionate and faithful to God even at the foot of the cross. The evening includes a simple Lenten dinner, reflection and Stations of the Cross.
Program Cost: $50.00 (includes Dinner)
What's Next? Discerning Your Decisions in the Ignatian Tradition
A Day of Reflection for Adults
Monday, February 17, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Retreat Leader:
Fr. J. Michael Sparough, SJ
The Spiritual Exercises help us move toward a deeper interior freedom to better navigate the twists and turns of life. Fr. Michael reprises one of his most popular programs as he helps us prayerfully appreciate St. Ignatius' methodology for decision making and how it can be applied to the big and small decisions we face.
Program Cost: $75.00 (includes Lunch)
Lenten Day of Reflection - Ash Wednesday
A Day of Reflection for Adults
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Retreat Leader:
Fr. Mark Scalese, SJ
Easter is about the renewal/transformation of all things, including ourselves. Lent can be an invitation to think about the kind of “new creation” we desire to become and to take steps to work toward that. On this day of reflection, we will learn how to deepen our relationship with God through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
Program Cost: $75.00 (includes Lunch)
Lenten Day of Prayer: Finding Our Mission from the One Who Calls Us Together
A Day of Reflection for Adults
Monday, March 24, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Retreat Leader:
Fr. Roc O'Connor, SJ
By the time of this retreat, we’re half-way through Lent. Most likely, many of our Lenten Resolutions will have lapsed. Now what?
Joining us on this day of reflection will allow us to gather together and reflect on several foundational scripture passages from this Lent – not to salvage our self-esteem, but to approach God in Christ through the Holy Spirit as beloved, sinful persons, who receive our mission from the One who calls us together.
To be known, as we are known by the Lord, as a way to prepare to celebrate the Easter sacraments.
Program Cost: $75.00 (includes Lunch)
Spiritual Refreshment for Moms
A Day of Reflection for Women
Friday, May 9, 2025
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Retreat Leaders:
Rachel Forton & Nancy Hulsebosch
Come away for a day of spiritual refreshment just for moms! Whether your children are 2 or 52, you are welcome to join us as we gather the graces of motherhood and ask God to renew us in our vocation. We will look to the wisdom of Mary the Mother of Jesus as well as contemplate Scriptural images of motherhood.
Program Cost: $75.00 (includes Lunch)
Virtual Lenten Book Study with Fr. Roc
A Weekly Ignatian Prayer Group for Adults
March 5 - April 16, 2025
Retreat Leader:
Fr. Roc O'Connor, SJ
Virtual Lenten Book Study: Wednesday evenings 6:30pm – 9pm
March 5, 12, 26, April 2, 9, 16
Join us this Lent for a reflective book study on The Denial of Death, the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece by Ernest Becker. Fr. Roc shares, "This book deepens my understanding of human nature." Join him to reflect on its profound insights into the human condition.
Participants will need to purchase the book on their own prior to the start of the series.
Program Cost: $60.00