Campus Ministry Retreats

Exploring your faith in your first year of college through retreat

Freshman retreats are offered once in the fall and once in the spring. These retreats offer first-year students the chance to reflect on the challenges, questions and new opportunities that come with the transition from high school to college.

The weekend retreats are centered around shared meals, shared prayer experiences and small group conversations—creating an opportunity to build relationship with God, self and others.

Although each retreat is shaped by our Jesuit, Catholic tradition, all persons (regardless of faith tradition) are invited and encouraged to participate.

Encounter the living God more deeply

The Encounter with Christ Retreats are for sophomores, juniors and seniors who are seeking an encounter with the living God of their life. The spirituality of the retreat is rooted in the Catholic, Jesuit tradition; however, any student who is seeking a deeper connection with God in their life is welcome to be a part of this retreat.

Offered in the fall and spring, students will retreat from the noise and busyness of campus and the larger world by spending a weekend at the Creighton University Retreat Center amidst the sounds and sights of nature.

The retreat will offer opportunities for shared prayer, the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist, small group conversation, and periods of silence and reflection.

Finding God in All Things

The Fall Adventure retreat is offered each year over the Labor Day weekend for sophomores, juniors and seniors. Retreatants experience God and community in the majestic Black Hills of South Dakota.

While tent camping, hiking and biking, students are invited to push themselves further as individuals. This retreat also provides opportunity for small group sharing and emphasizes sustainability efforts as a community.

Be Still and Know that I am God. Ps. 46:10

The Ignatian Silent Retreat invites students to retreat from the noise of everyday life and enter the silence to listen more deeply to God. Steeped in the tradition of Ignatian Spirituality, this retreat will provide intentional spaces for prayer, daily Mass and Reconciliation, conversations with a spiritual companion and time for retreatants to more intentionally listen to God.

This four-night retreat is open to all undergraduate students and takes place in the winter each year at the St. Benedict Center in Schuyler, Nebraska.

Listen to your heart and soul; notice what moves you spiritually

For over 500 years, the practice of Ignatian Discernment has been an invaluable method for responding to life’s questions and so many more of life’s existential longings.

This series is a retreat in daily life which invites participants to engage in the practice of Ignatian Discernment. This retreat is held on a series of weekday evenings in the fall semester and is open to all undergraduates.

"Go forth and set the world on fire." -St. Ignatius of Loyola

The Senior Evening of Reflection is an opportunity for graduating seniors to savor the graces of their time at Creighton. Within this time, seniors will reflect on the people, the places, and where and how they felt God’s presence in their experiences.

This evening of reflection is held on campus each April.