Retreats

The retreats are designed to encourage students to recognize God present in all things, to develop new ways of praying, and to grow in their relationships – with God, with one another, and with their families.

Juniors and seniors, working in close collaboration with the Director of Campus Ministry and a team of faculty members, plan and facilitate all of the student retreats. The required retreat program begins with a day-long retreat for the freshmen, and builds incrementally each year, culminating in the four-day Kairos retreat for seniors. Each time the Loyola School community gathers for a morning assembly, members of the Student Government lead the student body in the prayer above – St. Ignatius’s Prayer for Generosity. Once each week, the entire community stops all other activity for seven minutes in order to pray the Examen, a form of Ignatian prayer which provides the opportunity to recognize and reflect on God’s presence in daily experience and notice patterns of behavior in response to that presence.