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It seems to me that the 21st Century is really the century of the laity. And if the Spiritual Exercises can enhance the ministry of lay men and women, it’s all to the greater glory of God. … It gives to men and women. Read the full story on Busted Halo >>

Dear Friends of The Jesuit Collaborative,
 
My first month as Executive Director of The Jesuit Collaborative has been filled with excitement and rich opportunity.   My sense is that St. Ignatius would be pleased with the imagination and creativity embodied in the activity of TJC.  Here are three items of special interest.
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As The Jesuit Collaborative has developed over the past couple of years, who we are has been both a question of mission and identity and a matter of faith in the power of Ignatian Spirituality and the Spiritual Exercises to transform people’s lives.  Who we are became clearer during The Conference on Ignatian Spirituality: Who We Are Before God held at Fordham University this past June.  Through their presence and the sharing of their journeys with each other, those in attendance attested to who we are before God.
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Last year, The Jesuit Collaborative sponsored the development of the Contemplative Leaders In Action (CLIA) program in New York, under the guidance of Chris Lowney, a Collaborative board member, David McCallum, S.J., and Alison Donohue, program coordinator. This year, as the original group continues and a new cohort begins in New York, the Collaborative has expanded CLIA to Philadelphia and Boston.    Continue Reading »

When the provincials of the Eastern U.S. established The Jesuit Collaborative in the summer of 2006, one of its key mandates was to develop new ways of forming people who would be able to direct the Spiritual Exercises and help form others to do so.  The last Jesuit Congregation had mandated the ministry of the Exercises as one of the most important works of the Society of Jesus. Continue Reading »

The massive iron doors open and you enter the vaulted sanctuary. You have entered the place of Ignatius where the language of the Exercises is spoken. Its voice resounds through the rooms, corridors and empty spaces so that all who enter can feel “the love of God and the eyes of that love that will transform their knowing.”
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June 19, 2009 – James Shea, S.J., Maryland Provincial, David Ciancimino, S.J., New York Provincial, and Thomas Regan, S.J., New England Provincial, and the Board of Directors of The Jesuit Collaborative, Inc., are pleased to announce that James R. Conroy, S.J., has been named the new executive director of The Jesuit Collaborative. Fr. Conroy will succeed Ron Mercier, S.J., who led The Jesuit Collaborative during its first three years. Fr. Conroy will begin on August 1, 2009. Continue Reading »

On the weekend of May 18-20, eighty members of the Hispanic/Latino community gathered at Mt. Manresa Retreat House, Staten Island, NY, for a conference on Ignatian spirituality sponsored by the Jesuit Collaborative.
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The autumnal splendor of the Hudson River Palisades was the backdrop for a joyful and inspiring meeting of eighty-seven Jesuits and lay men and women who gathered October 15-17 at the Passionist Retreat Center in Riverdale, NY. Participants from parishes, secondary and higher education, spiritual ministries, Hispanic outreach, formation programs, and social services from across the tri-province Jesuit Collaborative region gathered to deepen their common sense of Ignatian ministry. Continue Reading »

Pundits routinely decry the lack of principled, effective leadership in politics, business, and civic life. The Jesuit Collaborative recently launched its own initiative to address the leadership gap by seeding culture with a new style of leaders who have absorbed both the wisdom of Ignatian spirituality and the best of secular leadership models.
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