A Jesuit Guide to the Stars
An Ignatian, Silent Weekend Retreat for Adults
April 4 - 6, 2025
Suggested Contribution: $365.00 per person
Groups Attending: Individuals
Summary
This retreat will explore the close connection between Ignatian spirituality and astronomy. What are the stories of Jesuits, past and present, who have pursued scientific truth in the service of Ignatian ways of finding God? What do new discoveries in space tell us about our place in the universe and our relationship to our creator?
Video Promotion
Retreat Experience Gallery
Bellarmine Main Entrance
Sacred Heart Chapel
Mary McKeon Library
St. Joseph Gazebo
Mother Teresa Garden
Eastern Africa Collection
Fireplace Lounge
Dining Room
Winter on the Grounds
Resource Center
Sacred Heart Statue at Sunset
Susie's Memorial Garden
Madonna Library
Lower Level Lounge
Retreat Leader
Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ
Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, is a Jesuit brother, Director of the Vatican Observatory and the President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation whose research studies meteorites and asteroids. He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, received SB and SM degrees from MIT, and earned his PhD in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1978. Along with more than 200 scientific publications, he is the author of six popular astronomy books. In 2014 he received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences for excellence in public communication in planetary sciences.