March 10, 2025 – After five years as national director of the Pope’s Prayer Network (formerly the Apostleship of Prayer), Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, has been named the next director of Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat in Sedalia, Colorado, effective August 1, 2025.
Fr. Provincial Tom Greene, SJ, noted that Fr. Laramie brings “great gifts to retreat ministry.”
“I’ve loved my time at the Pope’s Prayer Network,” Fr. Laramie said. “It’s been a joy and honor to travel our beautiful country offering talks and retreats on the Sacred Heart and the monthly intentions of the Holy Father. We Jesuits are ‘men on mission.’ I love Colorado, and I’m excited to go to Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat and continue preaching about the Sacred Heart, centered in Ignatian spirituality.”
As national director of the Pope’s Prayer Network, Fr. Laramie led retreats for priests, seminarians, women and young adults. In 2024, he served as a National Preacher for the Eucharistic Revival, preparing for the Eucharistic Congress.
Father Laramie entered the Jesuits in 2000 and was ordained in 2011. He previously taught at two Jesuit high schools, served as a college campus minister and ministered in Mayan villages in Belize. He is featured on the Hallow app, EWTN, Busted Halo and in America magazine.
A St. Louis native, Fr. Laramie has ministerial history in Colorado. He previously taught at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, 2005-08. Two of his former students are now diocesan priests in Colorado. He led a retreat in 2022 for priests of the Archdiocese of Denver.
He is the author of two books:
- Abide in the Heart of Christ: a 10-Day Personal Retreat with St Ignatius Loyola, based on the Spiritual Exercises
- Love Him Ever More: a 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, based on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola
Both are available for purchase through Ave Maria Press.
The Pope’s Prayer Network is a 175-year-old spiritual mission uniting hearts to the Heart of Jesus in the heart of the Church, based in Milwaukee. The new Jesuit national director of the Pope’s Prayer Network will be named by Jesuit leadership in the spring.
At top, Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, greets Pope Francis during a meeting in January 2025.
