WOMEN OF MANRESA - SILENT WOMEN'S RETREAT
Theme: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Registration Information:
The retreat check-in is between 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. on Thursday and concludes after lunch on Sunday. Registration includes meals and accommodations. To register for this retreat, you may do so online by following the link provided below or by calling our retreat office at 504-267-9604. A non-refundable deposit is required to register. You can choose to pay just the deposit upon registration or to pay in full.
Fr. Mike French, SJ
In the 11 years of preparation for ordination, he received a Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University (with a double-major in Philosophy and Mathematics), a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington (Seattle), and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Loyola University in Maryland. He was ordained a priest in June 1975, in the Alumni Chapel at Loyola College, in Baltimore, Maryland.
His ministry has included teaching and administration in various High Schools, Colleges, and Universities, as well as serving as the director of the Jesuit Health Care facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
He spent 5 years as a retreat director at Manresa House of Retreats, in Convent, Louisiana. While serving in that position, he also assisted in enhancing their internet outreach (including the addition of live streaming of their preached retreats), and was engaged in presenting preached retreats, private retreats for individuals, and individual spiritual direction. He currently serves as an associate director at Manresa House of Retreats in Convent, Louisiana.