35 People on Retreat for Eight Weeks

Our Lady of the Lake Parish has embarked upon a spiritual quest to “find God in all things” (or at least better than before!)  Our guides on this journey are a team from the Jesuit Retreat House of Cleveland, who are specially trained to serve as our spiritual guides for the next eight weeks.

The retreat is simply called, “Praying with St. Ignatius.”  Praying with St. Ignatius is a Scripture-based retreat adapted from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and designed to foster a heartfelt knowledge of Jesus Christ.

For the next eight Mondays, we will experience different methods of prayer, guided in a daily personal prayer practice and participate in small faith sharing groups here at Our Lady of the Lake Parish. 

Each participant has committed to 30 minutes of daily prayer and reflection using materials and themes which are provided by the team from JRH.  We are likewise committed to faithfully participating in each of the eight weekly sessions, and to holding one another in prayer between sessions.

The JRH team has observed that we are already blessed with an open, honest and trusting spirit among us, even though not all of us know each other well.  It seems that the bonds between us lie deeper even than knowing everyone’s name and family of origin.  We have begun with a sense of becoming what we already are:  the body of Christ which gathers as Our Lady of the Lake parish.

We are looking forward to whatever God has in store for us and chooses to reveal to us between now and November 10, when our time of retreat comes to an end, and we begin our next chapter of life more aware and better prepared to “find God in all things.”

Sarah Gyorki

Shawn Witmer is a Pastoral Associate at Our Lady of the Lake.

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Volume 5, Issue 9, Posted 12:18 AM, 10.16.2014