News & Updates | April 2022 |
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Dear Friend,
As we approach Holy Week, I invite you to consider the divine invitation to be listeners.
The Triduum, in particular, offers us an opportunity to slow down and consider God’s magnificent love. God listened to the cry of her people and “decided to work the redemption of the human race” (Sp.Ex. 107). That work is ours too, St. Ignatius reminds us.
Listening to the cry of the people is an essential part of our Christian vocation. As an Ignatian family, we have been invited to listen to the cries of our youth, the poor, and the earth. What are young people and those on the margins of society saying? What is our fragile and wounded earth telling us?
Let us ask for the grace to be attentive listeners during Holy Week, and let us pay attention to what we hear.
Have a blessed Holy Week.
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Carlos Aedo
Executive Director
Office of Ignatian Spirituality
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Pray for Peace in Ukraine |
As the war in Ukraine continues, please join us in praying for peace, for the lives lost, for those displaced from their homes, and for compassion and courage on the part of world leaders who are in a position to help.
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Now Accepting Applications for Magis 2022-2024 Cohorts! |
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Our Magis program is now accepting applications for the new cohort that will begin this fall. Participants gather to grow their prayer lives and their understanding of Ignatian spirituality and the Jesuit way of proceeding. More information (and a video of current participants) may be found here. |
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All are invited to pray and reflect with us during Lent. Stream or download our audio reflections on the Sunday readings each week.
These 5-7 minutes reflections inspired by Ignatian spirituality are written by our Ignatian Young Adult Ministries leadership team.
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Prayer Resources for Lent |
The season of Lent invites us to spend some time with Jesus, sharing our challenges with him and asking for forgiveness as we prepare for Easter.
We have compiled some resources from across the Ignatian community to help you connect with him more deeply on his journey through the desert.
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IGNATIAN VOLUNTEER CORPS
The Heart of Discerning Leadership: Growing Beyond Polarization
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The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) of Albany and Syracuse invites you to join David McCallum, SJ, for a reflective webinar on “The Heart of Discerning Leadership: Growing Beyond Polarization” at 10:00am Eastern on April 9. The 90-minute, online program includes contemplative prayer, a discerning leadership presentation, group and individual reflection, and concludes with a question-and-answer period.
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COMPANIONS ON THE WAY
An Easter Experience of the Spiritual Exercises
Sunday, May 1, 2022, 7:00pm ET
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Companions on the Way is offering a one-hour prayer experience based on the Spiritual Exercises on Sunday, May 1, 2022, from 7:00-8:00pm Eastern.
"Are you hungering to know Jesus better? For purpose in your life? For the next step in your spiritual journey in the midst of a pandemic? Perhaps God is inviting you. Join other Ignatian educators and leaders for an introductory experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius."
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IGNATIAN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION INITIATIVE | ONLINE
Seeing Everything New in Christ: A Four-Part Series for Ignatian Spiritual Directors
Saturday, May 7, 2022, 9:00am ET
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The fourth and final workshop in OIS's spiritual direction series for the Ignatian Year will be on Saturday, May 7, 2022, from 9am-12pm ET.
You may still register, even if you were unable to attend the previous three workshops — you will receive a link to watch these recordings. This series is facilitated by Damian Zynda, Th.D., and focuses on the dynamic of grace as operative in the Spiritual Exercises.
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The Office of Ignatian Spirituality is committed to working toward racial justice. As a staff we continue to prayerfully discern our roles in both the perpetuation and the fight against racism. We invite everyone in our community to join us in praying for conversion of heart and in discerning how to take action. Each month we share what is informing prayer and conversation among our staff. |
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Consolation & Desolation
"Framing humanitarian crises in an 'us' and 'them' framework, as though the suffering of White people is closer to my experience and therefore more worthy of my empathy, makes that empathy painfully small. God’s love, by contrast, is big, expansive, radical, almost embarrassingly huge."
This month's reflection as written by Analise Brower of the Washington Jesuit Academy in Washington, DC. Click here to read the full reflection. |
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POPE'S WORLDWIDE PRAYER NETWORK
Pope Francis's Prayer Intention for April 2022
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This month, Pope Francis asks us to join him in praying for health care workers. "We pray for health care workers who serve the sick and the elderly, especially in the poorest countries; may they be adequately supported by governments and local communities."
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Ignatius House, Atlanta, GA |
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Find your next retreat on our calendar of retreats offered by OIS and our partners across the Jesuit network.
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