by Jenene Francis | Aug 29, 2021 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
“Humility” is rooted in the Latin word, “humus”, in earth, soil, and ground. Although occasions of humiliation can lead to feeling ashamed, perhaps it is more helpful to reframe those experiences as opportunities to cultivate the virtue of humility. Tending to the...
by Jen Coito | Aug 15, 2021 | Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
While the baby and I play in the sand, the older kids ride wave after wave into the shore on their boogie boards. My husband stands guard in the shallow water. He shows them and my niece how to watch the waves approach, let the small ones pass, and then ride into...
by Beth Knobbe | Aug 8, 2021 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
“Ms. Knobbe, you look the same, but your heart is different.” These were the words from one of my students when I returned from my first encounter with the Spiritual Exercises. A profound transformation had taken place in me during those 30 days of silence. As I...
by Gretchen Crowder | Aug 1, 2021 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality
I remember so clearly how the chapel looked back then. It was kinda tiny – a little sliver of a thing parked between two bigger parts of the high school campus. One of the long sides of the narrow rectangular room bordered the library where the Campus Ministry...
by Stephanie Clouatre Davis | Jul 25, 2021 | Ignatian Spirituality
There are times in my life that the cloud of parenting, change, sickness, or loss has allowed me to wander into places that I do not belong. I have found myself speaking audibly to God, “Help me.” I felt waves of “how-the-heck-did-I-end-up-here” fall over me as I...
by Melinda LeBlanc | Jul 18, 2021 | Ignatian Spirituality
Have you ever received brutally honest advice that at first infuriated you but later became sage wisdom for your life journey? Several years ago, I was hit in the gut by just such a cannonball of advice. I had recently retired from a stressful bureaucratic career...
by Jenene Francis | Jul 4, 2021 | Ignatian Spirituality
Do you remember Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear making their way to Hollywood in The Muppet Movie? Kermit: Hey, Fozzie, I want you to turn left when you get to a fork in the road. Fozzie: Yessir, turn left at the fork in the road. [A giant fork appears in the road]...
by Faye Coorpender | Jun 27, 2021 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality
You’ve reached the proverbial end of the rope and something must change. “Get out!” you screech at your teenage son. “I’m leaving!” you say to your husband. “I quit” you say as you pack up your desk. This sometimes happens when we reach our emotional limits. Even...
by Gretchen Crowder | Jun 21, 2021 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality
After a particularly difficult day of second grade for my oldest son this year, I was walking him to the car hoping to provide some encouraging words to combat the rain pouring outside and inside of both of us. I began to tell him tidbits about his new school. “You...
by Gretchen Crowder | Jun 20, 2021 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality
After a particularly difficult day of second grade for my oldest son this year, I was walking him to the car hoping to provide some encouraging words to combat the rain pouring outside and inside of both of us. I began to tell him tidbits about his new school. “You...
