Spirituality

The First Spiritual Exercises hit the streets

Submitted on June 15, 2013 - 5:07 pm

Fr Michael Hansen SJ says he hopes the launch of his new book will help open up even more people to a model of spirituality that harkens back to Ignatius’ earliest ministry. 

The First Spiritual Exercises: Four Guided Retreats, published by Ave Maria Press, was launched at Campion Retreat Centre in Melbourne on May 24.

Preparing for MAGIS

Submitted on June 15, 2013 - 4:56 pm

Energised and inspired by its first experience of MAGIS in Madrid in 2011, the Korean Province is deep into preparations for MAGIS-World Youth Day (WYD) 2013 in Brazil. Fr Joseph Songyong Choe SJ shares their preparations with us.

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A Quiet Revolution

According to Joseph Tetlow SJ, who headed Fr General’s Secretariat for Ignatian Spirituality in Rome for eight years, the first layperson to make the full Spiritual Exercises in the modern era was a young German woman named Hildegard Ehrtmann. In 1957, aged 26, Hildegard, a social worker from Hamburg, travelled to Cleveland, Ohio as part of the International Youth Leader Exchange Programme.  She joined the Cleveland Alumni Sodality (CAS), a group of young professional men and women who met under guidance of Joseph Schell SJ from John Carroll University. 

President’s Report on 2012

In 2012, we began to see dreams and plans become reality.  Nowhere was that more obvious than in Timor-Leste with the ground breaking in July for an educational institute. Over subsequent months the first buildings were erected, the first students selected to begin at level 7 in the secondary school that is the first part of the institute, and the first cadre of teachers were introduced to Ignatian pedagogy.  

JCAP annual report 2013

Submitted on April 29, 2013 - 12:05 am

The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific has published its 2013 annual report, Jesuits in Asia Pacific 2013.  

The document offers Jesuits, collaborators and friends a report by Conference President Fr Mark Raper SJ on 2012, articles on four key areas for the Conference that year - education, formation, spirituality and international works, and a brief look forward to 2013.

Helping ethnic minority children get an education

Submitted on March 24, 2013 - 12:32 am

This year, 167 children, many from ethnic minority tribes in the hills of northern Thailand, will get help with their education costs from the Seven Fountains Scholarship Programme.   

Companions of Jesus in the new year

Submitted on January 2, 2013 - 11:28 am

Ignatius insisted that the identity of the Society should be intimately linked with the name and person of Jesus. As the first day of January celebrates the name given to Jesus, the beginning of each new calendar year has greater significance for Jesuits.  It is a major Jesuit feast.  “When eight days were completed … he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived…” (Luke 2:21).  

The Ignatian Way

Submitted on December 19, 2012 - 12:53 pm

Two American Jesuits recently discussed the genius of the Spiritual Exercises in an interview with America magazine.  Fr Roger Haight SJ and Fr James Martin SJ recently published books on the Exercises.  Fr Haight's book, “Christian Spirituality for Seekers”, was published this summer, and Fr Martin's “

Loikaw Church - a journey of faith

Submitted on October 12, 2012 - 6:32 pm

Fr C Amal SJ, an Indian Jesuit missioned to Myanmar, was recently in Loikaw, the capital of Kayah state, where many of our Myanmar scholastics are from.  He offers this reflection is on the Church there.

Loikaw - a timeless land

Submitted on October 12, 2012 - 6:08 pm

Fr C Amal SJ, an Indian Jesuit missioned to Myanmar, was recently in Loikaw, the capital of Kayah state, at the request of the Bishop to accompany 102 diocesan priests in retreats.  He offers two reflections on Loikaw, where many of our Myanmar scholastics are from.  This first reflection is on Loikaw, the second reflection is on the Church there.

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