Participant Booklet for the Preparation Days Retreat

Designed for today's busy Christian like yourself, the Preparation Days Retreat helps participants deepen their relationship with Christ, learn more about how to pray using contemplation and meditation, and develop a greater understanding of how spirituality fits into life, while respecting the fact that your time is limited. The Preparation Days Retreat - Five weeks of Ignatian Prayer is a prelude to the full nine-month Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (19th Annotation). The same scriptures and readings used at the start of the Spiritual Exercises are presented here. Here are some benefits you can receive through this retreat: 1. A powerful experience of God's abiding love for you as an individual. 2. Group spiritual direction in an environment of love and connection. 3. Opportunities to experience contemplation and meditation with the help of trained spiritual directors. 4. A spiritual process that is easy to fit into your schedule. 5. Concepts and methods of prayer that will help you develop a deeper faith foundation. The Preparation Days Retreat is open to people from all faith traditions.