As we prepare ourselves for this Advent, not only do we look forward to the Light being born into the world but also, we look forward to the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025.  Pope Francis has declared this Jubilee Year as a call to be tangible signs of hope.  As he writes, “In the heart of each person, hope swells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not know what the future may bring.”

Our 2024 Advent Women’s Retreat centers our prayer life in the liturgical calendar when we hold hope. Hope for the Christ Child to be born.  Hope for Love to be born within us all. Every week you will receive a reflection based on the Sunday Advent Gospel. The reflectors are women from various Midwest Jesuit schools, sharing their prayer and insights into our shared mission. We pray together in our tensions, anxieties, questions … and listen. We pray for the interior freedom to share hope in action – cherishing our Catholic, Jesuit desires to live the promise of the Gospel message.  

If you would like to sign up for this personal retreat – please click here to register. Feel free to share this link with others in your circles – regardless of gender – inside our network or outside. All are welcome. You will receive a reflection every Sunday of Advent, beginning with an introduction on November 26th.

Any questions can be directed to Jen LaMaster, Associate Provincial Assistant for Secondary and PreSecondary Schools Midwest Province, at jlamaster@jesuits.org or Rita O’Malley, Associate Provincial Assistant for Ignatian Spirituality, at Rita O’Malley UMI Associate Provincial Assistant for Ignatian Spirituality at umiignatianspirituality@jesuits.org.