Ignatius Outreach: Taking the Spiritual Exercises to Communities

(Sample Format)

8:30am	Coffee and Doughnuts
9:00am	Introduction and background to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. How the First Principle and Foundation is used to lead us closer to our creator.
9:30am	Quiet Time
10:00am	Prayer — Personal; Preparation and practical steps to praying better; Prayer during the day; Making use of the different forms of prayer – vocal, medatative, rhythm, contemplative, etc.. Outline of a Spiritual Exercise
10:30am	Quiet Time
11:00am	The World Without Christ — Overcoming habitual sin. Practical aids for our daily lives. How St. Ignatius viewed the war against the devil.
11:30am	Quiet Time
12:00pm	Lunch — BYOL
12:45pm	Christ's Passion and Death — How and why He suffered for us.
1:15pm	Quiet Time
1:45pm	Examination of Conscience — What is a General Examination of Conscience? What is a Daily Review? How I might love the Lord with my whole heart and better server the call of the parish.
1:15pm	Closing Prayers
	Teach me to know you more clearly, to love you more nearly, and to follow you more closely

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