ISC GENEVA OFFERINGS
ISC GENEVA OFFERINGS
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First Spiritual Exercises
First Spiritual Exercises
The First Spiritual Exercises offers a transformative approach to spiritual growth, making Ignatian spirituality accessible to individuals at all stages of their faith journey.
The First Spiritual Exercises is a collection of guided retreats designed to help individuals deepen their relationship with God through the principles of Ignatian spirituality.
Structure and Content
The exercises are structured into four main retreats focused on achieving inner peace through various themes, including:
Inner Peace in Divine Love
Inner Peace in Darkness and Light
Inner Peace in Friendship with Jesus
Inner Peace in the Service of God
These prayer days and retreats are designed to be flexible, allowing participants to engage with the material in a way that suits their personal spiritual needs.
Who should attend?
The First Spiritual Exercises are intended for anyone seeking to deepen their prayer life.
The First Spiritual Exercises consists of 5 sessions of 90 minutes each.
WHEN: Monday evening at 19:00 CET
18 January 2027
25 January 2027
1 February 2027
8 February 2027
15 February 2027
WHERE: Online
Please complete the Application Form if you would like to participate in the First Spiritual Exercises.
Finding Peace in the Everyday:
A Series of Ignatian Prayer Days
Finding Peace in the Everyday:
A Series of Ignatian Prayer Days
In the rush of modern life, finding a quiet space to notice where God is active can feel like a rare luxury. This series of standalone, six-hour prayer days offers a structured, gentle environment to pause, breathe, and re-anchor your spiritual life. We will be using a separate theme of the The First Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola for these prayer days.
Originally compiled to help people find God in their ordinary, everyday routines, these exercises are practical, deeply restorative, and accessible to everyone. These prayer days are designed to meet you exactly where you are, using your memory, your senses, and your imagination to encounter a quiet, loving presence.
Each day is structured around a core spiritual theme, moving through a gentle rhythm of guided prayer, personal reflection, and low-pressure spiritual conversation. You are welcome to attend just one of these prayer days, though we highly recommend if you can to attend all the prayer days.
15 November 2026: Inner Peace in Divine Love - Focusing on how we receive and notice God's presence in our immediate life and surroundings.
20 February 2027: Inner Peace in Service & Inner Peace in the Church - Exploring how that inner peace transforms our relationships and our service to the wider world.
22 May 2027: Inner Peace in Friendship - How do we live inner peace in our relationship and reflect God's divine love to with those around us.
What to expect on the day:
Guided Prayer: Gentle, led Ignatian exercises focusing on inner peace.
Space to Breathe: Generous blocks of quiet time to pray, read, or sit in the peace of a prayer corner.
Hospitality: A light meal will be provided midday, offering a relaxed opportunity to connect with others.
Spiritual Conversation: A supportive environment with no expectation to share more than you feel comfortable with.
Whether you are well-versed in Ignatian spirituality or simply looking for a quiet space to rest and listen, you are very welcome.
WHEN: Saturday 10:00 to 16:00 CET on 15 November 2026, 20 February 2027 and 22 May 2027
WHERE: St John XXIII Parish, Rue de Montbrillant 57, 1202 Genève
Spiritual Conversations Training
Spiritual Conversations Training
Do you feel called to accompany people in their journey with our loving God? If so, this training program may be for you.
In his letters about Spiritual conversations St Ignatius focus on 3 themes.
Slowness
“Be slow to speak” - Begin with quiet listening for meaning, for understanding, and above all, for catching the driving desires underneath the speakers words. Only then we as the listner make a choice to speak or be silent.
Freedom
Ignatius asks conversing people to be free of personal opinion, quick decisions, attachments, outside authorities, and rigidness. We should rather listen with kindness, compassion, humility, sincerity, equality, and adapt to the speaker in her or his manner.
Openness.
Ignatius believes spiritual conversations awaken self-knowledge and love in people, bringing their interior life into the sunshine and enlarging their vision of what could be. They open people up to God’s action. In such openness the listner needs to respect how the speaker express their prayer experience, tell their life story, express need or vulnerability. Group awareness and care in this openness is everyone’s responsibility, because God is equally in all.
During this programme we will learn and explore together the Ignatian practice of active listening and how to accompany someone in a spiritual conversation.
WHEN: Tuesday evening from 19:00 to 21:00 CET
6 October 2026
3 November 2026
12 January 2027
5 February 2027
2 March 2027
WHERE: 1st and last meetings will be face to face and the rest will be online.
Weekend Silent Retreat
Weekend Silent Retreat
« You are precious and honoured in my eyes » - Isaiah 43 :4
« You are precious and honoured in my eyes » - Isaiah 43 :4
9 - 11 APRIL 2027
9 - 11 APRIL 2027
Have you wanted to spend time with God and others to deepen your faith in the Lord? If so, perhaps this weekend is for you.
WHEN :
Start: Friday, 9 April 2027, 18.30 CET with registration commencing at 17.00 CET
Ends: Sunday, 11 April 2027, 16.00 CET
WHERE: Franciscans, Rue Antoine de Quartéry 1 , 1890 Saint-Maurice
Please complete the Application Form if you would like to participate in the Weekend Silent Retreat.
Growth in Prayer and Reflective Living
Growth in Prayer and Reflective Living
Part 2 will resume in September 2026 if there is sufficient interest
This programme is designed to help participants encounter God in a new and deeper way. This programme offers various opportunities through different forms of prayer to encounter and experience our Triune God. In Part 2 of this programme we will continue to build on what we covered in Part 1 and also explore how we can discern the spirits and make decisions either individually or in as a group. Please click here for more details about Growth in Prayer and Reflective Living.
Walking Together in Prayer
"May it be an intense year of prayer in which hearts are opened to receive the outpouring of God’s grace." - Pope Francis
Read more on the "Walking together in Prayer" page.
OFFERINGS FOR DAY TO DAY IGNATIAN LIVING
OFFERINGS FOR DAY TO DAY IGNATIAN LIVING
MORNING PRAYER
MORNING PRAYER
As a small community of believers we meet daily to pray together and deepen our understanding of Ignatian spirituality. We use the book "An Ignatian book of days" to start us off and lead us into a short time of prayer and community.
As a small community of believers we meet daily to pray together and deepen our understanding of Ignatian spirituality. We use the book "An Ignatian book of days" to start us off and lead us into a short time of prayer and community.
You can join the group, when it is possible for you to do so. It is as a very uplifting and positive way to start the day.
When: Mondays to Fridays
Time: 08:30 to 08:50 CET
Venue: On line
Please complete the Application Form to receive the call-in details.
SPIRITUAL ACCOMPANIMENT
SPIRITUAL ACCOMPANIMENT
Do you want to speak to someone to explore further your relationship with God or delve a bit deeper into your beliefs?
One of our Spiritual Accompaniers would be happy to meet with you either face to face or online to discuss this with you. The number of sessions will be agreed upon between yourself and your accompanier.
If you wish to know more, have a look at the attached Flyer and to discuss further please complete the Application Form.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
Do you desire a deeper relationship with God, yourself and the world in which you live and to incorporate this in your daily routine?
If so, you may want to consider doing the Spiritual Exercises as inspired and led by St Ignatius.
When: When you sign up
Time: Mutually agreed times, 1 hour per week
Duration: 9-12 months
Venue: Online or face to face
Visit our Spiritual Exercises page for more details.
Please complete the Application Form to express your interest.
SUPERVISION
SUPERVISION
In an Ignatian context it is much more than overseeing the work of another. It is a contemplative experience, an opportunity to expand the Godward gaze of supervisors and supervisees and to deepen the experience of accompaniment.
Ongoing
When: Once a month or when needed.
Time: To be decided
Venue: Online
Please click here for more details.
Pray as you go: Practising Prayer
Pray as you go: Practising Prayer
A new series from the Jesuit Spirituality Team and Pray as you go introduces different ways of praying, with short exercises. You could try a different session each week or dip into one type of prayer - whatever works best for you. Topics covered are:
A new series from the Jesuit Spirituality Team and Pray as you go introduces different ways of praying, with short exercises. You could try a different session each week or dip into one type of prayer - whatever works best for you. Topics covered are:
WELCOME TO 'PRACTISING PRAYER'
MORNING OFFERINGS
PREPARING FOR PRAYER: THE ACT OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD
ANCHOR POINTS FOR PRAYER
HOW TO PRAY AN EXAMEN
PRAYING WITH YOUR IMAGINATION
PRAYING WITH ART
CLOSING PRAYERS
OTHER ISC GENEVA OFFERINGS
OTHER ISC GENEVA OFFERINGS
Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Sponsored by the Holy Trinity Church in Geneva
Sponsored by the Holy Trinity Church in Geneva
Thanks to our Holy Trinity Church community we are invited to join them on a weekly basis to enter for 45 minutes in prayer using Lectio Divina as the basis. This form of prayer is a meditative practice. With the help of a short Bible study passage read aloud three or four times, this is a chance to allow a word or phrase from the passage to speak to you and to listen for what God may be saying to you in the moment. There is also a time for sharing, however, this is fully optional.
When : Every Wednesday from 12h30-13h15 (CET)
Where: Currently on Zoom – for the link please contact Mary Talbot or send an email to info@isc-geneva.ch
Everyone is welcome!
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
Here you will be able to find useful resources to help you with your Spiritual Journey. These might include Prayers, Passages from Scriptures and many more. Please visit our Resources page to find out more.
The Ignatian Spirituality Community - Geneva is set up as a non profit association according to Swiss Law.
The Ignatian Spirituality Community - Geneva is set up as a non profit association according to Swiss Law.
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