Desert days
Desert days are a special form of mostly religious retreat in which the participants maintain a simpler lifestyle than usual.
This can be done through fasting or other forms of renunciation, which promotes the attention of body and soul and is particularly useful in preparation for Easter or for times of particular challenge.
The word desert days is derived from the forty days of Jesus in the desert near Jericho , but also recalls the 40 years of the Israelites' wandering on the way to the promised land .
For the first time, such retreats and seminars were held in various educational establishments of the Catholic Church (see also Friedrich Giglinger ), but their essence goes back to the retreat of Ignatius von Loyola .
Similar thoughts have been developed in other faith communities . For some time now, they have also found their way into ecumenism .
