S.E.E.L.
Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (S.E.E.L.)
What are the Exercises?
St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, developed the Spiritual Exercises so that people could retreat for 30 days of prayer and silence to grow in their relationship with God and learn to listen for the voice of the Spirit in their lives.
Eventually, he also adapted these Exercises for people who could not, for various reasons, go away for 30 days. This adaptation, called the 19th Annotation, is the basis of the SEEL retreat. It invites people to experience the Exercises with the guidance of a spiritual director over a period of nine months, while continuing to live their daily lives.
Ignatian Spirituality
Ignatian Spirituality helps people discover God working in their daily lives. It invites each to a deeper knowledge of God’s love for them and into greater freedom to follow God’s call. The gift of Ignatian Spirituality is to find ourselves more engaged in the world in a prayerful way.
For those who desire to learn more about the Spiritual Exercises or who want an introductory experience of Ignatian methods of prayer, SEEL offers additional classes.
Graces of the Retreat
- Encounter the living God and God’s presence in creation, their personal life stories and current life circumstances
- Better discern their deepest desires to understand God’s call and presence in their lives and in the world
- Become Contemplatives in Action; experiencing and grasping more fully the Ignatian vision of Finding God in All Things
