When Sr. Linda Sevcik, SM, first visited the grounds of Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in the 1970s, the lay-run center was already half a century old. Now, as the executive director for almost five years, Sr. Sevcik gets to witness Manresa’s 100-year birthday, beginning this September.
Manresa Retreat House — named for Manresa, Spain, where St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, made his 30-day retreat in 1522 — is founded on encountering God through Ignatian spirituality. From 1917 to 1925, Catholic laymen in Michigan who wanted to make Ignatian retreats traveled by steamship to Cleveland, Ohio, where the nearest Ignatian retreat center was located.
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Founded in 1926 by laymen desiring Ignatian spirituality, Manresa continues to offer retreats, spiritual comfort all year
