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Unplugged Retreat

Personal Retreat Days for Adults

July 26 - 29, 2022

This retreat is currently at capacity or registration is closed. Please call the office at 847.381.1261 with questions.

Summary

Are you ready to unplug from the world for a few days and take some time to relax, read, journal and not be on call?

Do you need a getaway to catch up on some sleep and not have to worry about going anywhere or having to return a phone call?

Deadline for registrations with Spiritual Direction was June 30, 2022.  We are now taking names for a wait list.  If you would still like to attend, please call the office 847-381-1261 to be added to a wait list, or check out our other retreats described further below. 

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Cost for more than one night: $140/Day

Description

Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House is a wonderful place to take a break from our connected and hectic world.  Our house is on 80 acres and has over 50,000 square feet of interior space to relax and unwind in our historic Manor home and sacred grounds. 

What’s included in this retreat?

Sacred Spaces: You will have up to a 4 day/3 night stay with your own cozy, private room in our retreat house. The house includes two chapels, seven conference/meeting rooms, library, fireplace lounge, and many other cozy, comfortable sacred spaces.  

We are located on 80 acres in Barrington, IL where you can walk our forested bridle trail and the many other meandering paths across our grassy fields.  Take time to enjoy the wildlife as deer, sandhill cranes and other beautiful examples of God’s creation visit our grounds regularly. Our many gardens also offer an opportunity to stop and enjoy the various plants and flowers. 

Food: The retreat includes 3 delicious meals cooked here each day by our kitchen staff, from dinner Tuesday night until lunch on Friday.  This includes hot breakfast options each morning. Throughout the retreat you will have access to our famous cookies, as well as free coffee and tea.  If you arrive Tuesday before dinner, a small social is also planned. 

Optional Spiritual Direction: If you would like, you will have the opportunity to speak either with one of our Jesuit staff members or another trained Spiritual Director.  Please let us know as you register and we will assign you a spiritual director to speak with one-on-one.  The number of spiritual directors is limited so please sign up soon to request one. 

Exercise: Many retreatants enjoy walking and running our quarter-mile long driveway and surrounding area.  For rainy days, we also have an exercise room complete with a treadmill, elliptical, rowing machine and free weights. 

What’s not included in this retreat?

Our retreat house is designed to be a place of quiet, so our bedrooms do not have TVs, landline phones, computer screens, etc. If you wish to bring an electronic device, please bring a headset to listen privately in your room.  


How much does this retreat cost?

The retreat is $140 per night, or $420 total for all four days/three nights and 9 meals. This also includes spiritual direction if you choose that option.  Our retreat house is made affordable due to the generous donations of our benefactors, and we welcome any additional donations to help cover the ongoing costs and maintenance of our buildings and grounds as well as to compensate our staff for their work to cook, clean and grow our mission. 

What to Expect

Our goal is to provide you with the opportunity to be in a quiet, peaceful, worry-free environment. In order to honor this atmosphere, we ask that all retreatants be respectful of the quiet, and try not to speak outside of meetings with spiritual directors, meals, and other times when speaking is necessary. If you need to make an urgent phone call, please take it outside in your car.

If you are looking for Spiritual Direction, please know that our trained spiritual directors are not here to provide counseling or therapy, nor do they pass any judgment or blame. They are here to listen to you. If you like, they will pray with you, and may ask some thoughtful questions to help send you in a new direction. 

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What Others Are Saying About Retreats at Bellarmine

"Gives me a chance to slow down, detox, unplug."

"The silent and contemplative setting opens up opportunities for ideas and insights I can get nowhere else."

"In the quiet atmosphere, I experienced a rekindling of the Divine spark of the Spirit within me."

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Bellarmine Jesuit Ministry Team and Additional Spiritual Directors

The ministry team and other trained Spiritual Directors lead the spiritual direction of retreats and programs at Bellarmine.