One of the riches in the heritage of Ignatian spirituality is the experience of the personally directed 30-day retreat. This experience can be a helpful instrument for those preparing for final profession and for those who want to deepen their commitment to the Lord and who desire to put order into their lives and to come into true spiritual freedom and openness to do God's will.

The Exercises of Ignatius Loyola are most useful to a person who is:

• somewhat at ease with silence,
• aware of movements within and willing to talk about these with a director,
• somewhat prepared for the method of a directed retreat, that is, has made a 6 or 8-day directed retreat. We ask anyone who books for this retreat to send us a written response to the following question: WHY DO I WANT TO MAKE SUCH A RETREAT NOW?