The Grand Coteau Victory of Christ: A Sacred Connection Rekindled
The Victory of Christ, a unique sculpture originally created for the Jesuit novitiate in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, finds new life at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston, a continuation of its sacred purpose and a bridge between generations of Jesuits and those they serve.
Grand Coteau Retreats: A Place of Healing and Nourishment
A Q&A with Fr. J. Patrick Hough, SJ, director of Grand Coteau Retreats.
A Spiritual Master for the Modern Age
Eric Clayton explores what we can learn from Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, the visionary scientist and subject of a new documentary film.
Ignatian Volunteer Corps: Write Your Best Chapter Yet
What comes next after retirement? At the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC), older adults discover that retirement is just the beginning of an exciting new chapter—a chance to live with purpose, vitality and joy while making a real difference in the world. For over 30 years, IVC has empowered individuals to use their gifts and talents […]
A Prayer for Spiritual Freedom
Prayer for spiritual freedom
Grand Coteau Retreats: New Name, Bigger Home for an Ongoing Mission
Aug. 15, 2024 – The Jesuit retreat and spirituality centers in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, have come together to create a new, high-capacity retreat facility named Grand Coteau Retreats: A Jesuit Mission Since 1837. The new retreat center will make use of the buildings housing both Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House and St. Charles […]
The Ignatian Spirituality Project
The Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP) offers spiritual care and companionship programs for men and women in recovery from homelessness and addiction.
Office of Ignatian Spirituality
The Office of Ignatian Spirituality offers the Spiritual Exercises in ways the province’s retreat houses and spirituality centers do not, such as virtual retreats, and provide spiritual formation to Jesuits, Jesuit colleagues and others.
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Are we comfortable engaging with our mortality?
By Gretchen Crowder I have to admit, I have spent most of my life uncomfortable with the topic of death. In particular, I have spent most of my life uncomfortable with discussing my own mortality. I don’t know why. After all, I have from a very young age believed in heaven and life after death. […]
Fourth Sunday of Lent: Are we truly open to God’s offer of friendship?
By Gretchen Crowder I have always labeled God’s love for me as agape, but the more time I spend immersed in Ignatian Spirituality, the more I am open to considering that the best representation of God’s love for me might just be philia instead. If you are not familiar with the four Greek words for […]
Third Sunday of Lent: Can we get emotional with God?
By Gretchen Crowder One question has been weighing on my mind this week as I reflected on the Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Lent: Am I comfortable with an emotional Jesus? We know Jesus experienced emotions, a wide variety of them, in fact. After all, Jesus was human, and we humans, whether we like […]
Second Sunday of Lent: Can we see ourselves as God sees us?
By Gretchen Crowder I want my mountaintop experience, don’t you? I want Jesus in all his tangible humanity and intangible divinity to come right up to me, grab my hand in his, and walk me up a mountain. Then, I want to see his clothes become dazzling white with my human eyes and hear “This […]