Programs & Retreats

ISC PROGRAMS & RETREATS AIM TO MEET YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY, AND TO HELP YOU DEEPEN AND EXPLORE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 

Programs & retreats include:

  • Learning about the Ignatian tradition and vision that have emerged from the life and Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and from those who have since followed in his footsteps.

  • Experiencing the gifts and fruits of Ignatian prayer and contemplation.

  • Reflecting on the integration of Ignatian spirituality with daily personal experience, decision-making, vocation, relationships, and service of others in today’s culture and world.

We hope participants will encounter a loving God who is found in all things, and who labors through us to nurture healing, compassion, and justice.


UPcoming programs 2024-2025


Wait with Hope, Walk with Love

—An Advent Morning Retreat

A gentle morning retreat in the spirit of the Advent season. (In-person event)


Past programs 2023-2024

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PATHWAYS TO PRAYER (Tacoma)

A four-part series exploring a variety of Ignatian and contemplative prayer practices for daily living. (Tacoma In-person event)

PATHWAYS TO PRAYER

A four-part series exploring a variety of Ignatian and contemplative prayer practices for daily living. (Seattle In-person event)

Seasons of Possibility:

A Contemplative Nature Encounter

An autumn afternoon at Bellevue Botanical Garden: Contemplative garden stroll, reflection, art-making and community conversation on the seasons of possibility that live within you. (In-person event)

summer ignatian retreat

Embracing Life as It Comes

A guided silent weekend retreat based on a modified version of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.

Broken and Blessed:
A Contemplative Day of Retreat and Renewal

A one-day lake-side retreat facilitated by Women Companions of Color. (In person)

Summer day of reflection

Listening for the Sound of the Genuine

A one-day guided retreat to pause and reflect on your life. (In person)

“I Have Much More to Tell YOU”

LGBTQI+ Voices In the Spirit

A morning retreat for LGBTQI+ community members and allies for a time of reflection and kinship. (In-person event)

brothers in ministry:
further along the road to emmaus

A men’s morning formation event for Spiritual Directors. (In-person event)




Seasons of Possibility:

A Contemplative Nature Encounter

A springtime afternoon at Bellevue Botanical Garden: Contemplative garden stroll, reflection, art-making and community conversation on the seasons of possibility that live within you. (In-person event)

novena of grace

Join us for any or all of nine days: an hour-long retreat each day featuring music, scripture, inspiring preaching, reflection, and heartfelt prayer. Pray with a faith-filled community for God’s healing and mercy in our lives. (In-person and online)





The enneagram: A journey of discovery

A one-day workshop of introduction and deeper understanding. The Enneagram is a personality typing model of the human psyche championed by spiritual directors for the way it informs self-awareness and interpersonal dynamics.




unconditional love: A morning Lenten Retreat at St. Therese

Join us as we begin a Lenten journey of repentance and renewal, forgiveness and mercy.

Winter Day of Reflection

A mini-retreat grounded in the Ignatian Examen. (Online)

Advent evening of prayer

A Weary World Rejoices

A contemplative and ecumenical prayer service to help us pause, receive, and be renewed in the spirit of the Advent season. (Livestreamed online, viewable here on the day-of.)

Women and their children at a table enjoying each other's company outdoors among the trees

Photo by Marissa Price on Unsplash

Nourish & Be Nourished

A Morning Retreat for Parents & Caregivers

A morning retreat filled with nourishing conversation and prayerful reflection as a community of parents & caregivers. (Online and recorded for those registered)

Ignatian Spirituality and Stories of Grief, Hope & Transformation

A reflection on personal stories of grief, loss, and transition that have turned into hope and transformation, guided by Ignatian spirituality and contemporary psychology, leading to healing and compassion.

Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash

First spiritual exercises

A Retreat of Inner Peace in Divine Love

A four-week retreat in daily life involving daily personal prayer, spiritual exercises, and weekly meetings with other retreatants for sacred listening, spiritual conversation, and discernment.

SUMMER IGNATIAN RETREAT

A guided personal retreat based on a modified version of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.


past programs 2022-2023

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God in All Things

An Intro to Ignatian Spirituality

An introductory evening focusing on how Ignatian prayer and spirituality can help us to experience God’s presence in our everyday lives. (Online)


Ignatian Discernment:
An Unfolding Story

A Six-Session Discernment Practice Series

A six-session Discernment practice series exploring various ways to listen to the Spirit’s movement in our lives, choices, and communities. (In person)

Jesuit Alumni & Friends Morning of Reflection

Companions on the Journey:
Reimagining Connection and Community

A morning of reflection for Jesuit alumni and friends to listen, share, and pray together as a community. (Online)

Advent Evening of Prayer

Finding Our Space to Receive

A contemplative and ecumenical prayer service to help us pause, receive, and be renewed in the spirit of the Advent season. (In-person and livestreamed online)

Winter Day of Reflection

Journey of Grace

A one-day guided silent retreat to reflect personally and prayerfully on the previous year and look toward the year ahead. (Online)

A Morning Retreat

A spacious morning of silence and prayer for all, especially spiritual directors, chaplains, pastoral leaders, who are drawn to being gently guided by the quiet wisdom of our retreat leaders. (In-person)

Wonderfully Made: LGBTQ+R(eligion)

Film Screening

A brand-new film that combines fine art and documentary to explore LGBTQ+ identity in the Catholic church. (In-person)

Lenten Resources in the Ignatian Tradition

A collection of retreats, readings, prayers, and activities to shape your Lenten practice, including past Novena of Grace reflections from the Ignatian Spirituality Center. (Online)

Lenten Prayer Encounter

Embodying the Lenten Journey through Imaginative Prayer

Six evening “encounters” over the course of the Lenten season, providing imaginative and embodied experiences of prayer the Ignatian way.

Ignatian Discernment:
An Unfolding Story of love

A Six-Session Discernment Practice Series
A six-session Discernment practice series exploring various ways to listen to the Spirit’s movement in our lives, choices, and communities.

Receive her in the lord

Reimagining Women’s Participation in a Synodal Church

We invite the Holy Spirit in as we reflect on the fruits of the first phase of the global synod and explore where the Spirit is calling us as Catholics in Western Washington.

Summer Day of Reflection

Journeying with Grace & Hope

A guided silent day of reflection based on the examen to prayerfully reflect on life in the middle of the year.