The Contemplative at Home Lent Retreat offers the experience of Group Spiritual Direction for those exploring "An Ignatian Prayer Adventure" published by Loyola Press at IgnatianSpirituality.com.

This Retreat in Daily Life involves committing to pray for 30-40 minutes each day for eight weeks in Lent and Easter, during which time you will meet weekly with Lissy and a small group of pilgrims for reflection on your prayer experience.

The Spiritual Exercises

The Ignatian Prayer Adventure provides an excellent introduction to the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, which offer the foundation of Ignatian Spirituality.

If you've been curious about the Spiritual Exercises, this is a wonderful way to get a flavour for them. You may decide you'd like to go on to make a full retreat with the Exercises, which usually involves a daily commitment to prayer for around 9 months, under the one to one guidance of a spiritual director.

Perhaps you've made the Exercises in the past, and would like to revisit them for Lent this year.

Please note that An Ignatian Prayer Adventure is freely published at IgnatianSpirituality.com, and you already have full access to it, whether or not you participate in this retreat.

Group Spiritual Direction

I am delighted to invite you to join me and a small group of others each week to pray through this material together.

Groups will have no more than 6 participants, creating space for open sharing and deep listening
Two groups will meet via Zoom, the third will meet in-person at Leasowes Farm
Group Spiritual Direction will deepen and enrich your experience of the retreat material (as well as holding you accountable to the daily prayer! Something I personally find so helpful!)
Group Spiritual Direction is a wonderful way to get a flavour for individual Spiritual Direction, if this is something you're curious about.
New for 2024: Participants will receive a weekly email from me with links to past Contemplative at Home meditations that match the suggested daily meditations (past participants used these meditations to guide their daily prayer - now all at your fingertips with a simple click)

2023 Participants said:

"Thank you, Lissy, for leading and offering a beautiful place to share and reaffirm God’s enduring love and grace upon our lives. I was so blessed and grateful for every minute of the retreat!!"

- Gretchen, Atlanta

"I feel we formed such a connection within that sacred sharing space."

- Deborah, Milton Keynes

"I so enjoyed our time together & found the whole retreat full, rich & spiritually deepening. I find myself thinking of my fellow pilgrims often & sending up prayers"

- Patty, Chicago

Dates and Times

Group One will meet on Zoom on Fridays, 5-6:30pm GMT (New York 12-1:30pm // Los Angeles 9-10:30am)**

Group One Dates: 9 Feb, 16 Feb, 23 Feb, 1 March, 8 March, 15 March, 22 March, 29 March, 12 April (no meeting 5 April)

Group Two will meet on Zoom on Tuesdays, 1:30-3pm GMT (New York 8:30-10 am // Los Angeles 5:30-7am)**

Group Two Dates: 6 Feb, 20 Feb, 27 Feb, 5 March, 12 March, 19 March, 26 March, 29 March, 9 April (note: 29 March with Group One. No meetings 13 Feb or 2 April)

** Please note that for two weeks in March time changes will be one hour different due to the Daylight savings change on different dates in different countries

I am so looking forward to sharing this sacred space with you!

Applications

Applications for places on the retreat will be open until 26 January.

I will let you know by 30th January if you have been successful in securing a place.

If you have a small group you would like to share the course with, do contact me to discuss the possibility of opening another time slot for you as a group.

Cost

Participants are asked for a contribution of £100 per person. There are three places available at half price. If this would make the retreat accessible for you, please enquire. I'd love for you to be with us.

For more information please don't hesitate to get in touch.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Lissy Clarke has been a Spiritual Director for over 10 years and is the voice behind the meditations at ContemplativeAtHome.com. The Contemplative at Home meditations were born after she led a group of friends through this very retreat material in 2015.