Immaculate Heart Retreat Center will host an 8-day Ignatian Silent Retreat, “Praying and Contemplating in the Ignatian Way” conducted by the Rev. Alan Yost, July 20- July 27.
According to a press release, “St. Ignatius has gifted the church with a deep, well-formed method for finding God in all things.”
Attendees will learn and engage in contemplation and prayer in a silent retreat with conferences on discernment, explaining how the Holy Spirit works in times of consolation and desolation. Spiritual direction will be available.
Yost has been a member of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus since 1998. He holds a master’s degree in writing and publishing from Emerson College in Boston and two masters’ in theology from Weston Jesuit School of Theology. His current mission is as university minister at Gonzaga University, coordinating the contemplative retreat, spiritual direction, and the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) for the university.
Cost for the retreat is $656 for overnight with meals. For commuters it is $54 a day. Register by (509) 448-1224, or at www.ihrc.net.
