Events & Programs
Programs
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and the Jesuit legacy to men and women of faith continues to thrive. The question is how to make the Exercises even more available.
Discerning the future of the Spiritual Exercises Ministry – is a three-stage process to discern how to move forward in the ministry of the Exercises, beginning with broad consultation including the full range of institutions and organizations that are involved in the ministry. The process also includes those who participate in Ignatian ministry outside of institutions and organizations sponsored by the Society of Jesus (retreat houses run by other communities, diocesan parishes, etc.). Click here to view a letter from Fr. Provincial David Ciancimino, S.J., about the process.
Discernment for Boards of Directors - is a four-stage process using the Spiritual Exercises to enable boards of directors, parish councils, and staffs to understand, value, and proceed in an Ignatian manner, and to use communal discernment in the course of regular business. Increasingly, lay men and women are leaders in governing boards and councils. The program is currently being piloted with boards and councils of a parish, a high school, and a retreat house.
Ignatian Spirituality Resources Guide – a guide to Ignatian program locations and descriptions, books, bibliographies, and other media on Ignatian Spirituality. Click here for more information.
Contemplative Leaders In Action (CLIA) – a two-year formation program for men and women in their twenties and thirties, which draws from the Spiritual Exercises and is designed to nurture faith-centered leaders so that they can impact society and culture. The program comprises retreats, monthly meetings involving lectures and discussions, study, mentoring, and service work. CLIA is currently operating in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.; and starting in Syracuse, NY in Fall 2011. Click here for more information.
Ignatian Leadership for Mission Retreats – five-day (four-night) retreats for Jesuits and lay colleagues in the Maryland, New York and New England Provinces focusing on the graces: Gratitude, Healing, Call, and Co-laboring. The retreat format combines presentation, silent reflection, and small group discussion. Upcoming Schedule: January 17-21 at St. Ignatius Jesuit Retreat House, Manhasset, NY; March 25-30 at The Jesuit Center, Wernersville, PA; June 10-15 at Campion Renewal Center, Weston, MA. Click here for more information.
Magis Program – a structured and creative way for lay men and women who work in Jesuit ministries to more deeply engage in Ignatian spirituality, learn about the Jesuit Mission and Way of Proceeding, and meet other committed lay colleagues from the many and varied Jesuit works. The eighteen-month program consists of four seminars, a retreat, regular reading, personal reflection and prayer. The program team and seminar presenters are fellow lay and Jesuit colleagues who work in Jesuit ministries. Click here for more information.
National and regional conferences – The Jesuit Collaborative has sponsored major “national” conferences on Ignatian Spirituality at St. Joseph’s University in 2004, Fairfield University in 2007, and Fordham University in 2009. The next major conference sponsored by TJC is scheduled to be held at Loyola University Maryland, June 29-July1, 2012.
Program in Directing the Spiritual Exercises – a collaboration with Jesuit universities, the program is designed to form people not only to direct The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola but to help form others once the participants have completed the program. Aimed at people with institutional affiliations and possibilities for supervised ministry in the coming year, the program is intensive, offered over two summers with work in the intervening fall, winter, and spring.
Jesuit Masters Program – invites Jesuits who have been away from active practice of the ministry of the Exercises to learn and lead Ignatian 19th Annotation retreats and to hone their listening and discerning skills for spiritual direction. The program comprises: teaching elements of spiritual direction, the Spiritual Exercises, human experience and some psychology; participants’ prayer and their agreement to explore it with others; role-plays; focused readings between meetings; regular individual supervision with a member of the staff and group supervision as part of the group meetings; an actual supervised 19th Annotation retreat. The program has been conducted over the course of seven all-day monthly sessions. For additional information, send an e-mail to collaborative@jesuitcollaborative.org.
Ignatian Partners – TJC is forming a corps of Ignatian Partners to collaborate with staff and help develop and deliver its programs. These partners will be lay and religious men and women who are trained in Ignatian ministry and/or have experience and expertise in fields that support the ministry such as program management, communications, fundraising, etc. The Ignatian Partners will play a vital role in developing and implementing TJC’s programs, enabling more people to receive the gifts of Ignatian Spirituality and the Spiritual Exercises.
Events
Experiencing God in the Spiritual Tradition
Our Spring Seminar will introduce us to Etty Hillesum. Etty was a young Jewish woman who lived in Holland during the Nazi occupation of that land. By means of her diary entries, we will be privileged to sit with her as she reveals her most intimate thoughts and feelings; as she awakens to God in her life and grows in an ever deepening relationship with God. We will engage with her as if she were our directee.
Location
Office of Spiritual Formation 85 School Street Watertown, MA 02472
Cost: $250
For more information and to print a registration form, click here.
Spring 2012 PERCEPTIONS and EMOTIONS IN PRAYER
The second in a series of eight week seminars on Perceptions and Emotions. The Spring seminar continues to explore perceptions and emotions in prayer. It is intended to help directors discover in practical terms the place of perceptions and emotions in their own ongoing relationship with God and in that of their directees. The Fall seminar is not a requirement for those interested in registering for the Spring seminar.
Location
Office of Spiritual Formation 85 School Street Watertown, MA 02472
Cost: $250
For more information and to print a registration form, click here.
Ignatian Leadership For Mission Retreat - Wernersville, PA
Jesuit Center at Wernersville, PA
For more information, visit http://www.jesuit-collaborative.org/ilm
Ignatian Leadership For Mission Retreat - Weston, MA
Campion Renewal Center, Weston, MA
For more information, visit http://www.jesuit-collaborative.org/ilm
Finding God In Unsettled Times: Conference on Ignatian Spirituality
The next major conference to be sponsored by The Jesuit Collaborative will be held at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, MD, June 29 - July 1, 2012. Major conferences have been held in the past at Fordham University, Fairfield University, and St. Joseph's University. More details to follow.
Click here for a printable PDF.
Conferencia de Espiritualidad Ignaciana
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29 de junio al 1 de julio de 2012
Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD
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2012-13 Certificate Program in Directing the Spiritual Exercises
The aim of this program is to form people not only to direct The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola but to help form others once the participants have completed the program. Toward this aim, the program will be an intensive offering, offered over two summers with some work in the intervening fall, winter, and spring.
For additional information, click here
Preached Retreat for MD-NY-NE Jesuits
Preached Retreat (Aug 1-8)
St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset, NY
Joseph Sands, SJ, Rector of Ciszek Hall, the First Studies community at Fordham University, will lead this traditional eight-day preached retreat. Fr. Sands holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from Princeton University. He has taught at the archdiocesan major seminary in Manaus, Brazil and at Santa Clara University.
This familiar retreat features one major conference daily, Mass, Reconciliation, small group sharing for those who wish, and opportunity for praying with Jesuits of all three provinces.
For information: Sr. Fran Conway collaborative@jesutcollaborative.org
Directed Retreat for MD-NY-NE Jesuits
Directed Retreat (Aug 3-10)
Eastern Point Retreat House
Eight-day individually directed retreats will be held at Eastern Point. The retreat features meeting with an experienced director daily, Mass and an opportunity for small group sharing if desired. The following directors will be available: Jim Conroy, SJ; Ed Quinnan, SJ; and Joseph O’Keefe, SJ; additional directors to be announced.
For information: Sr. Fran Conway collaborative@jesuitcollaborative.org