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Based on input from 3-Minute Retreat users, the popular online prayer experience is now available in both Spanish and English. This flexibility will allow a greater number of people to be spiritually nourished.
3-Minute Retreats invite you to take a short prayer break right at your computer. Experience the retreats in Spanish or English, or to sign up for daily e-mail reminders.
Life is fast, and the speed of life whisks people away from the very thing they need most–spiritual “time outs” to reconnect with God and experience much-needed peace of mind.
With Loyola Press’s highly popular 3-Minute Retreat now available on the iPhone™ and iPod touch®, people can enjoy a daily reflective prayer retreat wherever they are, whenever they need it most. Each day, a new retreat featuring soothing music, Scripture verses, and reflective thoughts and questions comes their way. So whether they’re at home or at work, sipping coffee in a café or standing in line at the grocery store, meaningful time with God is always just a touch away.
“Saint Ignatius always talked about learning the language of the culture. iPhone apps and modern technology are the language of our contemporary culture,” said Jesuit Paul Campbell. “Our 3-minute retreat iPhone app uses today’s technology to provide a convenient place for busy people to deepen their friendship with God.”
This is the first iPhone? and iPod touch application released by Loyola Press, a publishing company serving the community of Faith since 1912.
For more information, please visit www.loyolapress.com/app or contact Colleen Fahey, Marketing & PR Assistant, fahey@loyolapress.com 773-281-1818 x252
The 3-Minute Retreat application is also available in the App Store.
This spring Loyola Press joined the Ignatian Peace Action 2009. This year’s theme is “Peace with Creation”, specifically, climate change and its impact on the poor. By participating in this year’s Peace Action, Loyola Press has joined a process that begins with prayer and moves to education, assessment, action, and advocacy. The Catholic Coalition’s website provides a resouce for advocacy and planning.
As part of the Ignatian Peace Action 2009, Loyola Press is implementing the following activities. First Loyola Press has designated April 22, Earth Day, as a day of prayer. This effort will be led by the Loyola Press Green Committee. This day of prayer includes the Ignatian Peace Action prayer and other reflection based activities. Secondly, the Loyola Press Green Committee and other Loyola Press team members will take the St. Francis Pledge. The Loyola Press Green Team also is sending weekly green tips to Loyola Press employees.
If you are impletmenting green habits into your work place, please share them at marketing@loyolapress.com.
Margaret Silf, author of Compass Points and Inner Compass, will be leading several retreats in North America this spring. First Margaret will visit The Gathering of Sisters, Associates and Oblates for the Sisters of St. John the Divine in Toronto. For more information about this retreat, please visit www.ssjd.ca.
June 22-28, Margaret will visit the Bethany Spirituality Center, in Highland Mills, New York. The topic is “God in Transition.” For more information about this retreat, please visit www.bethanyspiritualitycenter.org.
There will be more events posted in the future. Stay tuned for more details.
