About Us

Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House, also known as Bellarmine Hall, is located on 80 acres of gently rolling meadows and wooded countryside just 35 miles northwest of Chicago. Bellarmine Hall, the original building, was constructed in 1916 as a private residence. The Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus purchased it in 1946 for use as a retreat house. The original building was expanded in 1956 and again in 2003. Today the retreat house consists of 80 private rooms, some with private baths. Forty of the rooms are air-conditioned. The retreat house also features a conference center with a 2,500 square foot main room and five smaller meeting rooms.

Bellarmine specializes in silent weekend retreats for men and women adapted from the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius. A wide variety of other retreat experiences are held at Bellarmine including Kairos retreats for teens, Charis retreats for young adults, 12 step program retreats as well as private and directed retreats.