BRIDGES FOUNDATION

Since 1989, over 1000 people have received the Spiritual Exercises in the metropolitan St. Louis area. Through the dedication and hard work of many devoted volunteers, as well as monetary donations from supporters and foundations, the Bridges Foundation provides ongoing prayer companion training and offers workshops, retreats and other Ignatian based programs to those who are seeking spiritual growth... In 1979, Bishop Reme J. DeRoo of Victoria, British Columbia, invited Jim and Joan Felling to make an 8-day directed Ignatian retreat. Two years later, they made a thirty-day retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Eventually, they were asked by the Bishop to coordinate the Prayer Companions Program in Canada, a training program designed so that qualified trainers could direct others in the Spiritual Exercises... A life-changing, nine-month experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola in everyday life.

Primary location: Louis United States