Retreats and Talks

I offer a variety of retreats and talks such as:

weekend or weeklong guided retreats
preached Ignatian retreats
retreat days
retreats in daily living
adult faith formation talks

I’d be happy to hear from you if you are interested in having me offer a retreat or give a talk to your parish or other group. Take a look at where I’ll be in coming months and at some of the themes on which I’ve offered retreats in recent years:

I also am available to provide one-on-one spiritual direction. My training as a spiritual director is in the Ignatian tradition, about which you can find more information here.

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The Cardinal Virtues: Temperance March 21, 2025
Since we are in the season of Lent, always a good time to brush ourselves off and re-commit ourselves to our lives with God, I thought I’d share a couple of reflections on what we term the “cardinal virtues.” These are four virtues of mind and character defined in classic philosophy and adopted by the […]
Wealth and Attachment March 20, 2025
The Gospel for today’s Mass is the parable in Luke’s Gospel of the rich man and Lazarus. The story presents us with two contrasting figures: a rich man who lives a life of luxury, and a poor man who doesn’t even share the crumbs dropped from the rich man’s table. (I have read that according […]

Recent Podcasts

Walking With Jesus During Lent February 14, 2018
Tonight was the opening session of the Lenten Ignatian Retreat at St. Thomas More. After this initial large group meeting, small retreat groups will meet weekly, and participants will pray each day with materials we provide to them that are based on Weeks 2 and 3 of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. I gave […]
Women of the Bible: Rachel and Leah September 19, 2016
Today was the second session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year. The theme for this five week series is Women of the Bible. In last week’s opening session, Jennifer spoke about Sarah and Hagar. (You can find her talk […]
Women of the Bible: Sarah and Hagar September 15, 2016
Monday was the first session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year. Our theme for the five week series is Women of the Bible. Monday I briefly introduced the series and Jennifer spoke our our first subjects: Sarah […]