Honoring the Inscape of Our Lives: A Retreat with the Art and Spirituality of Gerard Manley Hopkins

An in-person three-day retreat: Friday-Monday, April 12-15, 2024

Presented by Alison Umminger Mattison

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Gerard Manley Hopkins was both one of the greatest writers of the past two hundred years, and a deeply contemplative Jesuit priest. Join us as we experience his life and poetry as reflections of God’s love and respect for every individual piece of creation. Just as Hopkins believed that every blade of grass had its own inscape, so retreatants will be invited to honor and enjoy the inscape of their own lives, through the twin gifts of Hopkins’ poetry and Ignatian Spirituality.

Alison Umminger Mattison is a writer, Professor of English, and spiritual director trained at Loyola University’s Institute for Pastoral Studies.  She combines her love of art, narrative, and Ignatian Spirituality in both retreat and classroom settings.  She is an award-winning short story writer and novelist, and her spiritual reflections can be found on LinkedIn and at sacredlistening.net.