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...
