The 19th Annotation

September 2023– June 2024

All are welcome to journey to find God in all things through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. St. Agnes and St. Ignatius Parishes offer the Exercises through the 19th Annotation, known as “a retreat in daily life.” The 19th Annotation Retreat is a way of making a retreat during the course of ordinary living without having to forgo, for a time, one's commitments to work, family and friends. Important in the discernment process is the completion of a questionnaire. Please return the questionnaire before August 31, 2023. 

Questionnaire: https://form.jotform.com/231685901092053 

Feel free to reach out to the coordinator, Cate DeGraw  with any questions you might have: [email protected], or 781-718-3709.

Many people who have made the Spiritual Exercises have attested to its powerful influence to give direction to their lives and to help them grow in faith, in knowledge, and love of the person of Jesus Christ. We welcome the opportunity to extend to you The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius! 

“The 19th Annotation retreat allowed me to integrate St. Ignatius’s four-week spiritual journey into my daily life, spread out over the course of several months with the support and guidance of a spiritual director. Through the Spiritual Exercises, I deepened my understanding and perception of God’s love and acquired the tools to continue developing my faith. My spiritual director guided me throughout the retreat with care, understanding, and friendship. I will always be grateful for the experiences and memories of the 19th Annotation retreat and highly recommend it to anyone with the curiosity and desire to build a more meaningful spiritual life.”  - John Echeverria

The Spiritual Exercises grew out of Ignatius Loyola’s personal experience as a man seeking to grow in union with God and to discern God’s will. He kept a journal as he gained spiritual insight and deepened his spiritual experience. He added to these notes as he directed other people and discovered what “worked.” Eventually, Ignatius gathered these prayers, meditations, reflections, and directions into a carefully designed framework of a retreat, which he called “spiritual exercises.” The 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises offers a form of the exercises for “a person of education or ability who is taken up with public affairs or suitable business.”