Reflections on Lay Collaboration with Jesuits
By Mark McNeil The Preamble to the Constitutions of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (1970) offered a response to some troubling and pressing questions regarding Jesuit education. Chief among these was, “Does it really make sense to call a school ‘Jesuit,’ when many or most of those teaching and working in Jesuit schools are not […]
Province Launches Office of Ignatian Spirituality
To open the Society of Jesus’ Ignatian Year, Fr. Provincial Thomas P. Greene has established an Office of Ignatian Spirituality (OIS) for the Jesuits USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province. The new office will promote collaboration among spiritual formation programs, develop formation opportunities for spiritual directors and retreat directors and increase outreach to young adults. […]
Discerning Spirits: Lay Leaders of the Spiritual Exercises
Each of the four spirituality centers in the USA Central and Southern Province provides classes, workshops and multi-year programs to train lay people to provide spiritual accompaniment and lead the Spiritual Exercises.
