Retreats

Stepping away from the patterns of daily life creates the space and time for reflection and growth in your spiritual journey.

Campus Ministry invites the university community to participate in a variety of retreat experiences throughout the year. Each retreat has a unique focus, ranging from contemplation and discernment to fellowship.

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Silent, Ignatian Retreat

Santa Clara University's Ignatian Retreat is a five-day version of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius. This dynamic experience features silence and a diversity of prayer practices in a residential setting. Each day will include confidential, individual meetings with a retreat director, more formal presentations made to the group, meals, daily liturgies, and group prayer. The retreat will be held at the San Damiano Retreat Center in Danville, CA Saturday, December 11th- Thursday, December 16th, 2021. Sign-ups will be accepted until December 6, 2021.

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Students gather for a closing activity at a retreat in the Santa Cruz mountains

People engaged with a labyrinth on a stone pathway at a retreat.

Students design a labyrinth in which they later meditate

Three people sitting at a wooden table having a discussion.

Retreatants collaborate together on a project

A group of people sitting on the floor with posters on the wall.

Peer-led small group reflection is an important part of many retreats.

People sitting on the ground in a forest, in a circle, for a retreat.

Among our retreat opportunities is a bi-annual pilgrimage to Magis and World Youth Day

People standing in a circle during an outdoor retreat activity.

Morning movement prayer at a retreat at Hidden Villa.