Events calendar

Share on :

Spiritual retreat

"Spiritual leadership and listening" with Father Francisco Ramírez Yáñez - President of FIUC - Program in Spanish and English

An experience to renew the heart of leadership

This retreat is designed as a time of pause, silence and encounter: with God, with oneself and with others. Over the course of three days, participants will be invited to delve deeper into the spiritual dimension of leadership, discovering the power of attentive listening and shared discernment.

Under the guidance of Fr. Francisco Ramírez Yáñez, we will experience a journey that combines prayer, reflection and fraternity, inspired by the Gospel figures of Christ the servant, Elijah on Mount Horeb and the disciples of Emmaus.

Fr. Francisco Ramírez Yáñez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on 12 June 1955. He studied philosophy and theology at the Diocesan Seminary of Guadalajara. Subsequently, between 1990 and 1992, he obtained a licentiate in theology of marriage and family at the John Paul II Institute of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.

In 1994, he was appointed Episcopal Vicar for the Southern Peripheral Zone of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Between 2004 and 2005, he served as Prefect of Studies at the Pontifical Mexican College in Rome, an institution of which he was Rector for two consecutive terms (2005–2008 and 2008–2011). During those years, he also presided over the Association of Rectors of the Pontifical Gregorian University (ARPUG). Since 2012, Father Ramírez Yáñez has been Rector of the UNIVA System – Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, a Catholic institution of higher education with a broad academic and pastoral outreach in Mexico.

In August 2025, he was elected President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC). In this role, he continues to promote dialogue between faith, culture and science, as well as the evangelising mission of Catholic universities around the world.

 

General programme

 

Day 1 – Welcome and opening – Friday 8 May

An afternoon of welcome, prayer and first encounter with the theme.

We will meditate on ‘Spiritual leadership in the manner of Christ the servant’ (Jn 13), in an atmosphere of silence and reconciliation.
 

Day 2 – Deepening listening and discernment - Saturday 9 May

A full day dedicated to listening to God, to the community and to the signs of the times.

Through biblical meditations, dialogue groups, and moments of silent adoration, we will learn to cultivate a listening that transforms the way we govern and accompany.
 

Day 3 – Sent as leaders who listen - Sunday, 10 May

A morning of synthesis

After the Mass of thanksgiving, each participant will be invited to make personal and institutional commitments to live a more humble, synodal and hopeful leadership.
 

Features of the retreat

  • Liturgical simplicity: Daily Mass, Compline and silent adoration.
  • Listening as a common thread: Listening to God, to the community and to the Church.
  • Spiritual leadership: Discerning together, governing by serving, walking in synodality.
 

An invitation

‘To listen is to let the other dwell in me.

Only a leader who knows how to listen can guide in the Spirit.’

 

This retreat is a unique opportunity to renew your vocation of service, strengthen your interior life, and rediscover leadership as a space of communion and hope.
See all events
from Friday 8 May
13:00
to Sunday 10 May 2026
14:30 (GMT +1)
Registration deadline : 1st April
Pontifical Irish College
Via dei SS. Quattro, 1,
00184 Roma RM
Italy
CALCULATE MY ITINERARY

  • 650 € Members of FIUC

  • 900 € Non Members

There are 15 places left
Register
Documents
Program

Practical Information

Location

Pontifical Irish College

Via dei SS. Quattro, 1,
00184 Roma RM
Italy
Other events
02 Dec
Crossed Perspectives on University Pastoral Care
09 Dec
Education, responsibility, transformation

No comment

Log in to post comment. Log in.

See all events
from Friday 8 May
13:00
to Sunday 10 May 2026
14:30 (GMT +1)
Registration deadline : 1st April
Pontifical Irish College
Via dei SS. Quattro, 1,
00184 Roma RM
Italy
CALCULATE MY ITINERARY

  • 650 € Members of FIUC

  • 900 € Non Members

There are 15 places left
Register
  • CONTACT
    ROCHE Loïc, Responsable del departamento de formación
  • Add to my calendar
    • Other events
    02 Dec
    Crossed Perspectives on University Pastoral Care
    09 Dec
    Education, responsibility, transformation
    See all events