Best Practices in Partnerships
The following programs are highlighted as representing some of the best practices offered by various Jesuit provinces and organizations. For a more detailed inventory of programs and activities in the various provinces, please download Inventory of Province Programs (February 2007) and Jesuit and Lay Partnership Programs (February 2007).
Directing the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises
A certificate in directing the Spiritual Exercises, a Jesuit Collaborative Initiative scheduled to begin July 2008 at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT.For further information, visit www.fairfield.edu/x17338.html or contact Elizabeth Hastings (203) 254-4000, ext. 2688; E-mail: ehastings@mail.fairfield.edu.
Ignatian Immersion Program
Annual trip of lay colleagues and Jesuits of the Wisconsin Province to an off-shore province to learn the culture in a retreat-like environment.For further information, contact Jack Paquette, jpaquette@jesuitswisprov.org.
Ignatian Leadership for Mission
A Retreat for Jesuits and Lay Colleagues of the Maryland Province — Four-day silent retreat focusing on four key graces of the Spiritual Exercises: Gratitude, Healing, Call and Co-Laboring. 4-9 March 2007 & 10-15 June 2007 — The Jesuit Center at Wernersville, PA.For further information, visit www.mdsj.org/ilm or contact Kevin O'Brien, kobrien@mdsj.org.
Ignatian Pilgrimage
A fifteen-day pilgrimage to the sites of Ignatius’ life in Spain and Rome; offered by the Chicago Province every other summer for teachers in the high schools and employees and trustees of other works.
For further information, contact Patrick McGrath, S.J., pmcgrath@jesuits-chi.org.
Ignatian Spiritual Exercises for Busy Persons
A retreat for Loyola Marymount University faculty and staff, offered by its Center for Ignatian Spirituality.
For further information, visit www.lmu.edu/cis.
Ignatian Spirituality Program
A year’s program that seeks to foster Jesuit Partnership in Ministry and Ignatian Spirituality with ministry collaborators and to serve the spiritual needs of the people of Hollywood (Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Hollywood, CA).For further information, visit www.blessedsacramenthollywood.org.
Ignatian Themes Workshop
A 2½ day workshop covering essential themes of the life of Ignatius, the Spiritual Exercises and the Ignatian educational tradition, offered annually by the Chicago Province for teachers who have completed their first year of service at one of the Province’s high schools and employees and trustees of other Province’s works. For further information, contact Patrick McGrath, S.J., pmcgrath@jesuits-chi.org.
MAGIS Program for Leadership
Supported by the Education Department at Creighton University, this program uses JVC as a model, and involves people for two years who teach in catholic schools in underserved areas in Nebraska and South Dakota, who live in an intentional community, and who work toward an M.A. in Education during the summers.For further information, visit http://www.puffin.creighton.edu/edu/MAGIS/
The Magis Project
Established in 2001 for lay colleagues of the Maryland Province, offers participants a two-year formative and systematic experience of Ignatian apostolic life. Magis provides participants with a broad introduction and deeper insight into what characterizes a commitment to a Jesuit apostolate. For further information, contact Kevin O’Brien, kobrien@mdsj.org.
Seminars in Ignatian Leadership
A unique program to prepare leaders for the Jesuit high school of the future. The program consists of three seminars conducted within the context of a three-year cycle that explores the best of leadership theory and practice from the dynamic world view of Ignatian spirituality, with specific application to the apostolate of Jesuit secondary education. The program is open to people working in the apostolate of Jesuit secondary education who desire to enhance their roles in the ministry of teaching through outstanding leadership and service as Ignatian educators, whether in the capacity of faculty members, department chairs, program directors or high school administrators.For further information, visit www.jsea.org.