Articles

A selection of articles from across the Ignatian community on the topic of Spiritual Direction.

  • by Nancy Small, JESUITS Magazine, Summer 2024
    Planned by a Leadership Team of four Ignatian Spiritual Directors of Color, this conversation created space for participants to engage in honest conversation about their experience as Spiritual Directors of Color and fostered cultural bonds of community. “It was a joy to recognize how the divine is embodied in a certain flavor in us,” shared one participant, “to have a mirroring in the context of cultural community.”

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  • by dotMagis Editor, IgnatianSpirituality.com
    For those new to the experience of speaking to a spiritual director in the context of an Ignatian retreat, Carol Ann Munro shares about her ministry of spiritual direction at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House in Barrington, IL.

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  • by Nancy Small, jesuitseastois.org
    We are delighted to celebrate this year’s eight graduates of Fordham University’s Advanced Certificate in Supervision (ACS) program through its Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education (GRE).

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  • by Nancy Small, jesuitseastois.org
    More than eighty spiritual directors completed Ignatian training and formation programs in the USA Jesuit East province this year.

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  • by Henry Frank, JESUITS Magazine, Winter 2019
    Ask ten people about their experiences receiving spiritual direction, and you will hear ten very different responses. Why? Because God moves uniquely in each of our lives, and spiritual direction is all about paying attention to that movement.

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  • by Brian O’Leary, SJ, IgnatianSpirituality.com
    Spiritual direction is a feature of many Christian traditions. In fact, forms of spiritual direction are found in all religions. What distinguishes Ignatian spiritual direction from other approaches?

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