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Weekend Silent Retreat - Applications Due by October 13!
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The retreat will offer elements of the Spiritual Exercises through presentations, periods of quiet personal prayer and conversation with a spiritual director. Aside from meeting with the spiritual director and participating in responses during Masses and other common prayer, retreatants will observe the great tradition of silence, including during most meals. Mass will be offered each day, as well as opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
This retreat, in the Christian and Catholic tradition, is open to Loyola undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, of all faith traditions.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
"I found new ways to listen for, and to open my eyes to, God's presence." - Spring 2023 participant
"One thing I learned about myself if the benefit silence can bring. I didn't fully understand how God could speak to us in the quiet of life until I was in an atmosphere that provided the chance." - Spring 2023 participant
"The spiritual directors and presenters provided words or materials I needed in the moment, plus references I can look back on as I continue to build my prayer life." - Spring 2023 participant
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Apply by October 13th to reserve your spot!*
*Late applications will be accepted if there are still open spots
Departure and return information:
Friday October 20, 2023:
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2:45pm retreatants gather at Campus Ministry office in Cohn Hall, check in, load onto bus at Sellinger Hall shuttle stop (outside Campus Ministry offices in Cohn Hall)
Sunday October 22, 2023:
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12:00p Bus departure from retreat house for Loyola (to-go lunch on bus) AND THEN:
3:00 (approx.) Bus arrives at Sellinger Hall shuttle stop (outside Campus Ministry offices in Cohn Hall)
Speakers
Fr. Phil Hurley, S.J.
Loyola University Maryland
Fr. Phil Hurley, S.J. is university chaplain at Loyola University Maryland. Fr. Phil was pastor at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church in Raleigh, NC from 2014-2022. From 2009-2013, he served as youth and young adult director for the U.S. office of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer), and directed the Hearts on Fire retreat program based on the Spiritual Exercises. A graduate of Baltimore’s Mount Saint Joseph High School, he also served as parochial vicar at Old St. Joseph’s Church in Philadelphia and taught at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC.
A founding member of the Jesuit Tracks music collective, Fr. Phil has also served in a number of part-time roles, including serving in chaplaincy work at San Quentin Prison in California, organizing pilgrimages for Magis/World Youth Day and the national Jesuit schools gathering at the March for Life, working at the Damien Social Welfare Center in Dhanbad, India, and the Jesuit Family Retreat Program at Blue Ridge Summit in Maryland.
A graduate of Loyola University Maryland himself, as an undergrad Fr. Phil majored in theology and minored in Spanish and biology. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and has spent time in Mexico, Chile and Bolivia as well as in Spanish-language ministry in the U.S. He earned an M.A. in Philosophy from St. Louis University and an M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, CA.