The Jesuit Retreat House offers a wide variety of weekend retreats throughout the year.  Some retreats focus on a specific topic, while others are designed for specific audiences or groups.  All of our weekend programs offer retreatants an opportunity to pray, learn, and reflect in the peaceful beauty of Jesuit Retreat House.

September 17-18: Ignatian Discernment & Letting Go
a 24-hour retreat reflecting upon personal loss and spiritual freedom

We have all been touched by loss at some point in our lives, and we have to find a way to deal with it and open up to new possibilities.  This 24-hour retreat will help.  It is designed for those responding to personal loss of a loved one by death or divorce, or otherwise have experienced painful separation or disappointment, such as loss of a job.  The retreat will help you cultivate a liberating and life-giving sense of detachment and spiritual freedom as expressed in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. Retreat activities include brief presentations, guided scriptural prayer, and small group sharing.  It begins Friday with 6pm supper and ends with Mass and supper at 5:30pm Saturday. Cost is $80.  Register here by September 14.   

About Jack Dister, S.J.

Fr. Jack Dister, S.J. was recently assigned to be a retreat director at Jesuit Retreat House.  He draws upon extensive pastoral ministry experience, having served at St. Therese’s Retreat Center (Columbus, OH),  Loyola of the Lakes Jesuit Retreat House (near Akron), Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland), and University of Detroit Mercy.   He has served nine years as Provincial Assistant for Retreat Houses and for Social Ministry for the Detroit Province of the Jesuits.  Earlier he spent many years in teaching and administration at John Carroll University (near Cleveland).