by Tom Allen | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ignatius of Loyola espoused the prayer practice called Examen (reflecting daily on what was life giving and what was life draining). His own experience taught him that God was present in all things. Gratitude was a natural response to that awareness – and...
by Kay Vander Vort | Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
It didn’t take me long to decide what topic I would choose to write about as I join my Loyola colleagues in posting blogs to celebrate the dedicated Ignatian year (May 2021-July 2022 marking the 500th Anniversary of St. Ignatius’ conversion). Of all the great gifts...
by Linda Cherek | Jul 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
“From May 2021 until July 2022, the Society of Jesus celebrates an Ignatian Year. What is an Ignatian Year? May 20, 2021 marks the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius’ conversion — that fateful day when Ignatius the soldier, struck by a cannonball, began...
by Linda Cherek | Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Peace is both stillness and movement. It is ceaseless freshness and complete renewal gifted to us in states of prayer, contemplation, nourishing relationships and selfless service, and by embodying courage and conscience.” James O’Dea I was entering my...
by Linda Cherek | May 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago I was at a four-day silent Ignatian retreat for women. For introverts a silent retreat is a brief experience of heaven on earth. We were all present to and with one another, yet without the spoken word. I had not been on retreat for myself in...
by Kay Vander Vort | Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Listening to the interviews with George Floyd’s family, friends and witnesses in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin, I was touched by how often prayer was part of the conversation. A civil rights activist was...
