Retreats

List of 8 items.

• 6th Grade Retreat

  The theme of the 6th grade retreat is “Packing for the Journey”. The students will be led through a day of reflection by members of the sophomore class, where they will have a chance to look forward to their next seven years at Loyola and think about what tools they will need to be spirited members of the Loyola community and grow into the qualities of the Graduate at Graduation.

• 7th Grade Retreat

  On this retreat the students will have an opportunity to explore more deeply the Grad at Grad qualities of being religious and loving. The student will have time to examine his personal spirituality as well as his religious beliefs. There will be time for large group activities, small group sharing, and personal reflection time. This retreat is a joint effort with the seventh grade class from St. Ignatius Loyola Academy.  We offer an opportunity for students to cultivate relationships with students from a fellow Jesuit school.

• 8th Grade Retreat

  At the beginning of their 8th grade year, the young Dons take time to look back at their two years together at Loyola and also take time to consider their role as leaders of the Middle School. The entire class goes to a retreat center overnight where they engage in outdoor and indoor team-building exercises, reflection, sharing and a prayer service. They are challenged to grow together as a class and with God.

• IGNITE - Freshman Retreat

  The Freshman Retreat is entirely designed, planned, and executed by students. It is a unique overnight experience that takes place during the fall semester. Its main objectives are to help freshmen experience God's love, get to know their classmates better and to introduce the freshmen to the philosophy of a Jesuit school.

• Sophomore Retreat

  In preparation for the sophomore conversations the students will have an opportunity to spend the day at a retreat center and reflect on the qualities of the Graduate at Graduation. Adult and student leaders will share about what these qualities mean to them, and the retreatants will have an opportunity to reflect on how they have lived those principles.

• Wilderness Retreat (all grades)

  This retreat is a 2 day/1 night experience modeled in the Ignatian tradition. Students will have opportunities to reflect on God’s presence in nature and within themselves. There will be time for silent meditation, group sharing, and team-building exercises.

• Fourth Day Senior Retreat

  The Fourth Day Senior Retreat is an off campus optional retreat for seniors to reflect on their time at Blakefield, highlighting the lessons they have learned and how they plan to respond to future challenges. Student also hear alumni reflections and have an opportunity to engage in a dialogue about being Men For Others after high school is over.

• Kairos (for Junior & Seniors)

  Kairos (or "the Lord's time") is a retreat led by students for students. The talks and exercises of this retreat center on the revelation of God's love as we experience it in our lives. The themes of the four days of Kairos are: “Who am I?” “Who is Jesus?” What is Jesus’ message to me?” and “How do I live my response to Jesus’ call?” Faculty and staff members participate as co-workers with the student team built from previous Kairos retreats. Over 2,000 Loyola Dons have made a Kairos retreat; ask one about it!