Peter Bernardi, SJ
Retreat Director

Peter Bernardi, the eldest of 8 children, graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Xavier University. After graduate philosophy studies and teaching at St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1976. Ordained a priest in 1987, he completed doctoral studies in theology at The Catholic University of America, and then taught at Loyola University of New Orleans (1996-2010) and Loyola University of Chicago (2009-2020). Currently Fr. Peter serves as “theologian in residence” at the Lumen Christi Institute and as a sacramental minister at Calvert House in Hyde Park, Chicago.