Jesuit and Ignatian Spirituality Australia is a national community of women and men formed in Ignatian Spirituality working in a variety of geographic locations and online.
We give the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola and accompany individuals and groups through spiritual conversation and spiritual direction.
We offer retreats, ministry supervision and Ignatian formation for leadership and mission. Our facilities are available for day programs, residential retreats and hospitality.
The origin of the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola are found in Ignatius’ own personal experience of conversion and prayer. He kept a journal where he recorded his particular spiritual experiences that he felt could be of benefit to others.
Through a process of reflection, Ignatius produced a manual of considerations, meditations, contemplations and notes to help others advance their spiritual life and deepen their relationship with God. Within a short period of time the Spiritual Exercises became renown for their transformative effect on those who received them.
The Spiritual Exercises invite us to contemplate the life and mission of Jesus and deepen this experience through accompanying Him in his life, pain and resurrected joy – as we experience in our own lives.
Contact us to find out how the Spiritual Exercises can be adapted for you or your group.
We come to you – Ignatian Spirituality for your group or community
Retreats and spiritual direction, experience and training in Ignatian discernment and spiritual conversation.
Teams of Ignatian Spiritual Directors and Retreat Givers are available to visit your group or community. Contact us to discuss your desires and don’t let cost be an off-putting factor in your decision, we can meet you where you are.
Host your meeting, retreat, or event with us
Our residential centre in Pymble, only 40mins north of Sydney’s CBD, offers ideal retreat and meeting spaces for up to 40 people residentially and 120 people for day programs in five acres of beautiful gardens and bushland. Contact us for a tour.
Ignatian Spiritual Direction
Spiritual direction helps you to seek, discern and respond to God, who communicates with you in ever new and surprising ways. Open to everyone, whether you are new to Ignatian Spirituality or familiar. Available in PERSON and ONLINE.
Formation for your ministry and organisation
Ignatian formation for mission and apostolic ministry including reflective practice for regular meetings and key decisions, facilitating discerning conversations, staff and leadership spirituality days, retreats and prayer, spiritual direction, and professional pastoral supervision, to name a few. Working with you in your context. One-off or a series of offerings, ready-to-go and bespoke programs.
What's On
- All
- Australian Ignatian Trail
- Being with God in Nature
- Campion VIC
- Canisius NSW
- Contemplative Arts
- Contemplative Walks
- Eight Day Retreats
- Faber QLD
- Field Hospital Spiritual Exercises
- First Spiritual Exercises
- Full Spiritual Exercises
- Introductory Retreats
- Lenten
- Lenten Retreats
- Online
- Sevenhill SA
- Silent Directed Retreats
- Silent Retreats over 3 to 8 days
- The Spiritual Exercises
- Two Hours of Quiet
- Weekend Retreat
Cheltenham, Victoria 3192
North Stradbroke, 4069 Australia
News
Ignatius and the stars
Pray with Ignatius and the Stars https://jisa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ignatius-and-the-stars-final-27522-3.02-pm.m4a Lights there in the dark flicker and go, and come again. Awake alone in the sleeping house, I have the stars for company. What is light, I wonder? […]
How pilgrimage can complement and deepen the Exercises journey
How pilgrimage can complement and deepen the Exercises journey (The healing of a false and faulty image of God) The idea of pilgrimage was important to the self-understanding of Ignatius of Loyola. In his […]
O come, O come, Emmanuel
May the ancient hymn “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” ring in our hearts with hope and expectancy this Advent season. We invite you to view our Ignatian Retreats and the Spiritual Exercises for 2022. We […]
The Examen
An Examen Prayer for the Year As 2021 slips away, this is the perfect time to reflect on the year gone by. In the Ignatian tradition this is not a superficial review of the past […]
