Love Remains
An Ignatian, Silent Weekend Retreat for Women
September 29 - October 1, 2017
Groups Attending: Individuals, Catholic Community of Northbrook, Mary Jane Fortman Group, St. Walters (Roselle), St. Alphonsus Liguori
This retreat is currently at capacity or registration is closed. Please call the office at 847.381.1261 with questions.
Summary
“Jesus offered this beautiful practice to His disciples. Make your home in me, He said, as I make Mine in you. The kingdom is within you, He reminded them, alive and miraculous this very moment.” —Wayne Muller
This Ignatian retreat reclaims Love that endures in the midst of turmoil and the tension of daily life. The retreat invites you to a time of quiet to rediscover an interior space. This is space where we remember who we are, what we know, and how we are invited to life abundant. This is time that has no list of daily tasks and does not require action or accomplishment. Time and space where Love comes, Love sustains, Love redeems, Love remains.
Description
This retreat includes several presentations, daily mass, 6 meals, the opportunity for one-on-one spiritual direction with a trained spiritual director, and many other opportunities to explore our 80 acres and almost 60k square feet of interior space. All activities are optional, but we do ask everyone to respect the quiet of the retreat house for everyone to have the opportunity to read, sleep and reflect in the quiet.
Bellarmine has two libraries, a resource center, two chapels, and many other common areas. Outdoor spaces include a various walking trails, various prayer gardens, a gazebo, stations of the cross, as well as a few patios and outdoor chairs and benches. Each retreatant has their own bedroom.
You can learn more about what to expect by visiting this page.
Retreat Experience Gallery
Bellarmine Main Entrance
Sacred Heart Chapel
Mary McKeon Library
St. Joseph Gazebo
Mother Teresa Garden
Eastern Africa Collection
Fireplace Lounge
Dining Room
Winter on the Grounds
Resource Center
Sacred Heart Statue at Sunset
Susie's Memorial Garden
Madonna Library
Lower Level Lounge
Retreat Leader
Carol Atwell Ackels
Carol is Director of the Ignatian Spirituality Institute in Dallas, Texas. There she offers spiritual direction in the Ignatian tradition, teaches classes in Ignatian spirituality, and forms persons moving into the ministry of spiritual companioning. Carol launched and continues to give formation workshops to shape Jesuits and lay who are moving into retreat ministry and spiritual companioning in the Ignatian tradition. She guides others through the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius in various formats at Jesuit retreat houses across the United States including weekend retreats, the Exercises in Everyday Life, and one-to-one directed retreats.
Carol is co-author with Fr Joe Tetlow, SJ of Finding Christ in the World, a 12-week Ignatian retreat. In collaboration with Fr Anthony Borrow, SJ, she developed the Toward Greater Freedom retreat for students and parents at Jesuit high schools.
Carol holds a J.D. from Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law, Dallas as well as a Master of Art in Theology and Leadership from Gonzaga University, Spokane. She and her husband reside in Dallas and are the parents of five adult children, and grandparents to four – all of whom are the light and love of life.