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Welcome to our first newsletter of the year, where you can pray an annual Examen, online and in-person in Melbourne, explore many Lenten offerings including beautiful daily blessings by Michael Hansen SJ, and plan our 2026 retreats.
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January 2026

Grevillea Profile, Acrylic on Canvas

by Lynne Head-Weir, Spiritual Director with JISA Faber Queensland

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Welcome to our first newsletter of the year, where you can pray an annual Examen, online and in-person in Melbourne, explore many Lenten offerings including beautiful daily blessings by Michael Hansen SJ, and plan our 2026 retreats.


May these offerings support you as you listen for God’s presence and invitation.

Try this Spiritual Exercise

We offer you this Annual Awareness Examen to review your year just past and look forward to 2026. Make some space and time to notice patterns that console or desolate, move in the contrary direction, and see how God works best through you.

PRAY HERE

Reflect on your last year with an Ignatian Examen, Kew VIC

Look back with God – to savour, heal, and find meaning in every experience; then look forward with renewed hope, trust, and confidence in God’s presence. We warmly invite you to this Retreat Day with JISA Campion on Saturday 14 February.

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Lent 26: I Am Light

Join us for a powerful, tender, transforming journey through Lent from darkness into the Light. Special Lenten Prayers coming to you in 2026, bought to you by JISA's First Spiritual Exercises ministry.


Ash Wednesday 18 February to Easter Sunday 5 April 2026 


Register to receive two-and-a-half-minute daily video prayers, with specially curated images and music, written and produced by Michael Hansen SJ
Seven months in the making, these daily prayers invite you into virtually every gospel and scriptural text that speaks of Light. Let the Spirit enlighten you this Lent and Easter.


These prayers are offered free of charge. You are welcome to contribute financially towards the ongoing work of our ministry, when registering. This is optional. We are grateful for your generosity, which enables us to continue sharing the transformative experiences of Ignatian spirituality

REGISTER HERE

Inner Peace in Divine Love - an Online Lenten Retreat

If you have a desire to deepen your relationship with God and find God’s presence in your everyday life, this could be a retreat for you. All are welcome, come as you are. This First Spiritual Exercises retreat is offered on five Mondays during Lent, from Monday 23 February 2026 to Monday 23 March 2026. 

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How to Pray - Retreat Day, Pymble NSW

How can spirituality enrich my everyday life? How can I care for my spiritual self? How do I start praying? This retreat day is a time to come and rest in the Spirit. You will receive different ways of meditating or praying in the Christian and Ignatian Spirituality traditions. Join us for this special Lent experience on 14 March 2026.

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The Prodigal Son – Lenten Retreat Days, Kew VIC

This beautiful human parable of mercy is at the centre of these retreat days, which have time for input, silent reflection, and shared spiritual conversation. We warmly invite you to these retreat days where you can slow down, rest and reflect on your Lenten journey. Two Retreat Days on Saturday 21 March and Sunday 22 March.

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Inner Peace in Divine Love - a Lenten Retreat, Brisbane QLD

This First Spiritual Exercises retreat in daily life is for anyone who desires to grow in their relationship with God. It is a way of encountering the Creator as Love in your everyday life through a program of personal prayer and attending a weekly gathering of guided spiritual conversation.


It is offered on five Mondays during Lent, from Monday 23 February 2026 to Monday 23 March 2026. 

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Lenten Series - a Journey to the Cross, Kew VIC

Drawing on Ignatian prayer, particularly imaginative contemplation, you are invited to enter the Gospel scenes with mind and heart, allowing the artwork and movements of the Passion to speak personally. Through private prayer and group sharing, we will listen for how God is at work in our own Lenten journey. Join JISA Campion for Tuesdays in Lent 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th March.

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