Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life Inquiry
With Sister Lyan Tri, ACJ, Linda Robinson, Leigh Murray and Sister Pat Mensing, SSJ
Package Dates
The 19th Annotation
This retreat follows the entire 30-day Spiritual Exercises retreat, but is adapted to be made during “daily life”, that is, without taking a month off of work or studies or family. Retreatants meet once a week with their spiritual director to review their prayer and to receive material for the following week of prayer. It is expected that the retreatant would set aside 1 hour of prayer a day, plus 15 minutes for the examen at the end of the day. While it is usually better to begin this retreat in the early fall so that the retreat follows the flow of the liturgical year, a 19th annotation retreat may be begun at any time during the year. This can be determined with your spiritual director.
A sliding payment scale is available.
Contact Sr. Lyan Tri, acj by email (ltri@straphaelacenter.org) or phone (610-642-5715) for more information if you are interested in the 19th Annotation.
Spiritual Directors
Sister Lyan, Business Manager and Spiritual Director at St. Raphaela Center, was assigned to the Center in 2015 and was its Director from 2018-22. She holds a Master’s degree in Spirituality and Retreat Directing from Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo De Manila, a Jesuit University in the Philippines. Sister Lyan has been doing retreat ministry and accompanying others in Spiritual Direction since 2002, including directing the 8 day Ignatian Retreat, 30 day Spiritual Exercises and 19th Annotation. She has participated in a three-month internship renewal program in Spiritual Direction through the Ignatius Jesuit Centre in Guelph, Canada, a program of…
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Linda received a master’s degree in Religious Studies/Ministry from LaSalle College, a master’s degree in Education Leadership from St. Joseph’s University, and Advanced Graduate Certificates in Spiritual Direction and Supervision from Chestnut Hill College. She has 20 years’ experience as a spiritual director and has served as a Program Presenter and Visiting Director, directing individuals and retreats at The Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth for 18 years, and now at Daylesford Abbey. In addition to her spiritual direction/supervision ministry, Linda is an adjunct faculty member in Religious Studies at Chestnut Hill College. Having worked in education for many decades, and…
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Leigh feels so honored to accompany sincere seekers on their interior journey to know themselves and God. She trained as a contemplative spiritual director at the Kairos Spiritual Direction program in Lancaster, PA. She leads retreats and has a particular interest in esoteric teachings and mysticism, offering experiential journeys into the teachings of the Christian Mystics. She has also completed St. Raphaela Center’s 19th Annotation Retreat Practicum in leading the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. She feels so privileged to direct this rich and transformational experience with those that are called to it. Leigh is also a wife and mother of two…
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Sister Pat is a Sister of St. Joseph of Philadelphia who has served in education and parish ministries. She earned Master’s Degrees in English at Villanova University and Theology at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, VT, as well as her certificate in Spiritual Direction and Ignatian Retreats from Creighton University. She has directed weekend and 8 day retreats, and in addition, she has given days of prayer, led Bible study, facilitated book groups to discover how to find God in all genres of literature, and conducted workshops on discernment, praying the Examen, and other spiritual topics.
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