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Please Remember the Jesuit Spiritual Center in Your Will
The Jesuit Spiritual Center recently received three bequests from deceased retreatants. The bequests came at a critical time, a time when our utility costs suddenly jumped, when our health insurance costs went up, and when we had to unexpectedly install a new campus-wide water line. The bequests did what we believe their donors had in mind – they allowed us to weather unforeseen circumstances. Bequests are an ideal way to ensure that the ministry that means so much to the present generation can continue for the next, and the next after that. So please consider a bequest to JSC. Bequests make a quiet but huge impact on the Center’s future. JSC’s legal title is: Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford. For more information, contact Joe at (513) 248-3500, ext. 14, or send him an email.
Testimonials!
"I came feeling I had lost the experience of having God speak to me, and I found it this weekend."
"I came empty and was filled."
"I had never been to this type of retreat before. I found it uplifting, holy, and a wonderfully peaceful way to get in touch with God."
"Best retreat ever! I leave wanting to become the man I was meant to be."
"I have been coming for a long time and each time the program is wonderful and different. I love coming."
"Cost of gas from Lexington, $30. Cost of the retreat, $195. Spending the weekend with my 80-year-old dad . . . priceless."
"Our director was academic and real at the same time, and clear but not simplistic. He challenged and expanded my perspective and definition of love and the cross."
"Each year God calls me to this retreat."
"The rhythm of each day allows the space and time and environment for personal solitude and prayer."
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 Summer Peace at JSC
Have you made your summer plans? Would you like some time away with your faith? The Jesuit Spiritual Center is offering a full slate of retreats this summer, including Personally Directed Retreats, a Contemplative Retreat, Intimacy with God Retreats and a Married Couples Retreat. For self-directed retreats, you can spend one or several days in our riverfront Splain Cabin or the larger Thomas House. Email or call Mary Ellen at (513) 248-3500, ext. 10 to make your summer plans!
Mark Your Calendar!
• A Personally Directed Retreat – The Jesuit Spiritual Center is offering a Personally Directed Retreat May 18-25. This individualized and silent retreat will offer participants a quiet time spent in the tradition of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Each day will include Mass and a 45-minute meeting with a carefully selected spiritual director. During the rest of the day, retreatants can spend time in contemplative and solitary activities, including prayer, journaling, reading, walking on the grounds, art and music. Although the retreat lasts for seven days, accommodation can be made for shorter stays. For more information, or to register, call (513) 248-3500 or send us an email. You can also download a brochure with more information, including a schedule of this year's Personally Directed Retreats.
• A Contemplative Retreat – Anthony Padovano, internationally-known theologian, author and presenter, will lead this summer's Contemplative Retreat J une 8-14. The retreat is structured as a silent retreat and will focus on the practice of contemplation. Each day will include several sitting meditations interspersed with periods of walking meditation over the grounds. Group guidance will be offered as will individual sessions with the director. To learn more about Dr. Padovano, click here. To learn more about the retreat, or to register, call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10. You can also register here.
• Intimacy with God - The Jesuit Spiritual Center is hosting two prayer retreats directed by Dr. Alex Aronis, both entitled Developing Intimacy with God. The retreats are based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Dr. Aronis is pastor emeritus of Union Church of Manila, Philippines, and of Kenwood Baptist Church. He attended the United States Naval Academy and served as a Navy chaplain. Dates for the retreats are June 15-16 and Aug. 10-12. For more information, download a flier or contact Mary Ellen by email or at (513) 248-3500, ext 10. You can also register here.
• Golden, Glowing & Growing: A Married Couples Retreat - Make a date with your spouse! Take time just for the two of you, a time to make a good thing better. Come hear Rick and Janet Reder discuss the golden value and sacredness of marriage, the glowing skills that show 'the light of Christ' to the world, and the growing ways to refresh and revitalize married life. Download a flier for this August 3-5 retreat. To register, email Mary Ellen or call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10. You can also register here.
• Festival of Faith – JSC is hosting its third Festival of Faith Aug. 13 - 15 with presenters Jeanne Hunt and Fr. Norman Langenbrunner, and featuring the Cincinnati African-American choir. Everyone is invited. Watch this video of a past Festival of Faith, and stay tuned for details!
In the late winter of 1959, the high waters of the Little Miami River caused a massive collapse of the bluff opposite the "Rock House." Read More . . .
The JSC campus spreads over 37 acres overlooking the Little Miami. Retreat facilities include two large overnight retreat buildings, a smaller retreat building for up to eight people, an enclosed pavilion and dining hall for day events, and a riverside cabin. The facilities are used for Center-sponsored retreats and activities but are also made available to faith-based organizations on a rental basis. For information, email Pam or call (513) 248-3500, ext. 22. You can also download our brochure.
Our Annual
Appeal
The Jesuit Spiritual Center needs your support! Every year we ask our retreatants and friends to consider a financial gift. Last year, these gifts provided $112,000 for our youth ministry program, helped repair a roof, helped us offer retreats for people recovering from addictions, helped replace an air conditioning system knocked out by lightning. The list goes on. For over eighty years, gifts such as these have allowed the Jesuit Spiritual Center to reach tens of thousands of people, spanning generations. Could you add your gift as well? You can give online, call Pam at (513) 248-3500, ext. 22, or use our physical address at 5361 S. Milford Rd., Milford OH 45150. You can also check out our other giving opportunities here. Anyway you do it, your gift is immensely appreciated. And it makes a difference!
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Fr. Richard Bollman SJ kicked off the Ignatian Way series with his talk Principle and Foundation - We Are Loved By God, followed by Fr. Bill Verbryke SJ, Recognizing Our Own Sinfulness; Fr. Fran Daly SJ, Appreciating and Accepting Jesus' Call to Discipleship; and Fr. Tom Ryan SJ, Walking with Jesus' Passion and Death. Stay tuned for the next in the series!
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Fifty-seven women attended JSC's St. Susanna Retreat in early January. JSC offers twenty-eight three-day Ignatian retreats. Find one to fit your schedule.
Our Mission & Vision: To invite people of all walks of life to a closer relationship with God, and to a deeper commitment of service with others by providing a prayerful environment of discernment and spiritual direction rooted in the values of the Gospel and the practices of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
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