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Honouring Our Common Home

A Lenten Ignatian Weekend Retreat

February 27, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – March 1, 2026 @ 12:00 pm PST

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deer in a peaceful winter forest
Photo by Alice Popkorn used with permission.

The Earth is what
we all share in common.

Wendell Berry

Let us embrace
a spirituality of intimacy
with the natural world
seeing the divine revealed
in the visible world around us.

Adapted from Thomas Berry

Join spiritual directors Jan Evans and Esther Hizsa for a silent, guided prayer retreat opening to the desire to engage in God’s compassion for the earth and all her creatures using Ignatian prayer practices such as Lectio Divina, Imaginative Prayer and Prayer of Examen.

DATE & TIME

Friday, February 27, 2026 at 4:00 pm PT (7:00 pm ET) to Sunday, March 1, 2026 at noon PT (3 pm ET)

Location:

Online (Zoom link will be sent to you).

COST

$100. Register early. Spaces are limited.

FORMAT

  • Silence is observed after the first session Friday until the closing sharing on Sunday.
  • Four group input sessions exploring various dimensions of this theme.
  • Four 45-60 minute periods for assigned personal prayer spaced throughout the retreat
  • Three 15 minute one-on-one spiritual direction sessions with Jan, Esther or another spiritual director.

Participants are encouraged to retreat in a physical space conducive to maintaining silence while they vacation with the Lord. More details will be sent following registration.

FACILITATORS

Jan Evans

Jan Evans*

Jan has accompanied persons through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (Annotation 19) for many years. She received her Ignatian training through workshops offered by Loyola House, Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Guelph, and a supervised practicum with a Loyola House spiritual director. Jan lives in Collingwood, Ontario where she enjoys outdoor play with her dog, Bella, along the shores of Georgian Bay.

Esther Hizsa

Esther Hizsa*

Esther has also accompanied people praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and was trained by JSAV (Jesuit Apostolate Spirituality of Vancouver). She posts weekly on her blog An Everyday Pilgrim and is the author of Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim, Seed Cracked Open, and In the Heart of the Beloved. Esther lives in Vernon, BC where she and her husband, Fred, enjoy the outdoor beauty of the Okanagan.

Jan and Esther are graduates of SoulStream’s Art of Spiritual Direction, co-facilitate SoulStream’s Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and are members of SoulStream, a dispersed, contemplative Christian community.

*Denotes Independent Contractor

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