Art Retreat in the Ignatian Tradition
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Saturday, April 18, 2026, 9:30 AM - 3:50 PMLocation: Maraschi Room Fromm HallA Retreat in the Ignatian Tradition
Seeking God in all ThingsRetreat Director: Katie Wolf | April 18, 2026 | Fromm Hall, USF
Registrations is $30 and includes art supplies and lunch (with vegetarian option).
Take “time away” to explore and renew your connection to the creative process with a small, creative community. Engage in a deepening sense of the Creator working through us. This one-day retreat is designed to bring us together in prayer, creative expression and in community. We will use our room in Fromm Hall and the surrounding outdoor areas of the USF campus for reflection, inspiration and “the work.” No previous art experience is required. Just arrive with a longing to explore and an open mind! Join us as we experience ways to praise the Creator through our creative expression and prayer. Lunch and art supplies are included in the $30 registration fee. RSVP today!
9:30-9:45 am Gathering in Fromm Hall
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9:50-10:10 am Morning Prayer, Introduction & Overview of the day
10:15-11:15 am Hand & Nature / Attention & Connection to the Web of Life
11:15-11:25 am break
11:25-12:00 pm Laudato Si’ / Biomimicry / Small Group Sharing
12-12:30 pm bag lunch
12:30-1:35 pm Ink sketch / Watercolor paint overlay (outdoors if possible)
1:40-1:50 pm break
1:50-2:50 pm Personal Symbol / Prismacolor pencils on black paper
2:50-3:30 pm Paper Container / Intention / Desire / Next Steps
3:30-3:50 pm Closing Ceremony / Shared Prayer and Momento
About the Retreat Director: Katie Wolf has developed and implemented curricula to teach the creative process for over 40 years. A Fine Arts teacher at Saint Ignatius College Preparatory since 1977, her teaching has inspired thousands of students to recognize, express and share their gift of creativity and in doing so their resultant pieces give praise to the Creator. Over the last 20 years she has brought “a sense of the sacred into our daily living” to those she guides in her one day and weekend long retreats. Her personal art practice ranges from large acrylic paintings, to smaller painted icons, environmental fabric designs for the vast and modern St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, mosaic glass panels and an Art and Nature Retreat site in Northern California. Katie received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her BFA from Santa Clara University.