There are a number of workshops, retreats and events for Ignatian Spirituality in Western Australia. We invite you to explore the following events to see if they are of interest to you.
Booking details are listed in the information for each event.
Walking in silence, in Nature, allows us to connect deeply with creation, ourselves and others. We invite you to join us in this contemplative walking style.
Ignatian Spirituality focuses on seeing God in all of Creation. Pope Francis urges us to be caring of our common home, planet Earth - by recovering our connection with the natural world. Our new story reminds us of God as Trinitarian relational Being, a God whose loving presence is expressed in and through all living beings; which is called eco-spirituality. John Auer will lead us through the current understanding and the evolving ideas about this exciting new story, which begins at the first moment of creation.
Come on an Ignatian Reflection walk on the Banks of the Canning River at Salter Point. Slow walking, Pausing, Reflecting and sharing are all part of this time.
How does Ignatian Spirituality, with its gifts of discernment and deep listening, inform our understanding of Synodality - walking together - a new model for Church?
During the pandemic, Pope Francis presented us with a new image of church: that, no matter who we were, we were together in the same boat. The worldwide Synod process came out of that desire to engage with our changing world and with those on the margins to regain a renewed sense of purpose and mission. However, putting this into practice is not so simple. As a Church, we don't necessarily have good ways of listening to voices on the margins and connecting to people's lives. We struggle to have difficult or creative conversations, and to step away from our own agendas. In many ways we have lost the habit of seeking the Holy Spirit, and we are often paralysed by indecision. Pope Francis challenges us to become a listening, engaged church, through becoming more synodal.
Specifically this means:
Actively responding to our changing world – reading the signs of the times
Learning how to hold prayerful, truthful and safe conversations which value gracious listening and courageous speaking
Consciously seeking the Holy Spirit's inspiration
Being compelled to action by the stories we’ve heard
Although this sounds complicated, synodality is a way of being community which has been part of the Church since the very beginning (Council of Jerusalem, Acts 15). We have ancient tools of lectio divina and spiritual conversation which, when done well, can be transformative. In the past year, as we have grown in confidence in this new way of being, synodality has been used to resolve contentious issues in parishes; to look for creative solutions to diocesan finances; and even to create safe listening spaces in response to clergy sex abuse. The result of becoming synodal, of truly encountering one another heart-to-heart, is a new sense of purpose. Grounded in the vocation of all the baptised, this purpose brings people together, helps prioritise finances and resources, allows people's gifts to flourish and enables us to take risks for the Kingdom. In Pope Francis’ words, we move from being “zombie Christians” to “a caravan of solidarity” (Evangeli Gaudium, 83, 87) where all are welcome, all loved, all known.
Because this represents a significant shift in our culture, and is not a straight-forward undertaking, we offer a four step process modelled on the Council of Jerusalem, the first time the Church faced an intractable problem. We follow the disciples from disagreement to silence and story-telling, and then to discerning the Holy Spirit. Once the Spirit is discerned, the Church is compelled to action. There is much that we can learn from this example for the Church today. We must also become aware of new skills to learn, bad habits to break, and dispositions to cultivate.
Start 2023 with clarity with the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius to work through a 30-week period at any time that suits you.
For those people who are focused on prayer and who desire to deepen their relationship with God, one way of making the Exercises is through the 19th Annotation, also known as The Retreat in Daily Life.
One of the advantages of the Retreat in Daily Life is that the person is able to live and work in their own environment and yet still pray and make the Retreat over a period of approximately 30+ weeks.
Haven’t got time for a retreat but need one anyway? This is for you… A retreat in your daily life which gives you the tools to look at your decisions and your time through an ignatian lense. Ignatian Spirituality is designed for busy people who want to make God centered decisions.
Haven’t got time for a retreat but need one anyway? This is for you… A retreat in your daily life which gives you the tools to look at your decisions and your time through an ignatian lense. Ignatian Spirituality is designed for busy people who want to make God centered decisions.
CLC WA presents its March Gathering 2023 to celebrate World CLC Day. This year we are offering a wonderful speaker in Sue Martin who will be speaking on “Growing in our Care of Creation”.
Venue: Holy Rosary Parish Hall, 46 Tyrell St, Nedlands, WA 6009
Speaker: Sue Martin - please see flyer for Bio
RSVP: Lyn Bloom - please see Flyer below
We warmly welcome all who seek a time of reflection, rest, spiritual conversation, contemplation and prayer at Sevenhill Retreat in the Clare Valley.
Advent can be a time of waiting with joyful excitement and intense anticipation, when we are reminded that two thousand years ago Jesus, God’s Son – the Word become a human being – was born.
You are invited as part of your preparation for Christmas to come together for a series of (four) one-hour prayerful evenings using some of the meditation practices based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
