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Renewing the Earth: Living “Laudato Si’” in the Year of Ignatius

This program from the Jesuit Office of Justice and Ecology and the Ignatian Solidarity Network “invites you to explore themes from the life of St. Ignatius and the gospel in conjunction with ecological themes from Laudato Si each month throughout the Ignatian Year as we learn, pray, and act to renew the earth. This program will begin in September 2021.”

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Prayer for the Ignatian Year

Loving God, we come before you asking for Your special grace as we go through the year dedicated to the memory of the conversion of Saint Ignatius.

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Job Posting from The Ignatian Spirituality Project

The Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP) seeks a Regional Director. ISP is a Jesuit-affiliated ministry offering experiences of hope, belonging, and healing to men and women in recovery from homelessness and addiction.

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OIS Newsletter: May 2021

On May 20, the Society of Jesus and the entire Ignatian family will begin the worldwide celebration of the Ignatian Year. On that same date, exactly 500 years ago, St. Ignatius was wounded by a cannonball while defending the city of Pamplona.

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In the Pilgrim's Company: An Ignatian Storytelling Initiative

To celebrate the Ignatian year, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States is launching a global Ignatian storytelling initiative entitled In the Pilgrim’s Company, a project that will take a fresh, innovative look at St. Ignatius’ autobiography. And they are inviting storytellers the world over to contribute their ideas.

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Before the Cannonball

The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has put together a reflection to prepare for the Ignatian Year (2021-2022), which begins on May 20, 2021, the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius Loyola being struck in the leg by a cannonball at Pamplona.

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Emerging from COVID: An Examen

Easter, a time that calls us to rise as a new creation is so very welcomed and needed this year. We know our old sorrows have not fallen away; we may not yet have confident hearts or undoubting minds, but there are glimmers of light and signs of hope.

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Carlos Aedo Named Executive Director of OIS

Fr. Joseph O'Keefe, provincial of the USA East Jesuit Province, has named Mr. Carlos Aedo to be the next Executive Director of the Office of Ignatian Spirituality (OIS). Carlos will take over from Fr. George Witt, SJ, on June 14, 2021.

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OIS Newsletter: April 2021

Let us rejoice in his Resurrection. And in good Ignatian fashion, let us venture forth, keeping our eyes open for signs of his loving presence and ever choosing his way over any other, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!

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Holy Week 2021

Let us spend this week with Jesus, uniting our pain and suffering with his, and leaning into his great promise of resurrection and new life.

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Principles from Ignatian Spirituality that Can Aid Covid Rebuilding (via Jesuits Asia Pacific)

The new year is an opportunity to put fresh heart and mind into rebuilding better from Covid-19, even as the pandemic remains unabated. Looking back at the past year through the eyes of faith, it might be said that this pandemic year was a graced time for us in the Ignatian family to live our spirituality more fully, and to even discover surprising new horizons of its potential. What are some lessons we can learn from our experiences of responding to the pandemic…?

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