The Spiritual Exercises were originally given in a month-long retreat of about 30 days. Today, the most common way to make the Exercises is a nine-month program usually called “The Exercises in Daily Life.” One leader of these is Judge Franciso Firmat of the Orange County (California) Superior Court. He has a a ministry of leading groups through the 19th annotation in weekly lunch sessions in his chambers. He describes what he does here.
A Judge for the Spiritual Exercises
