Our team of writers at Into the Deep are devoting this year’s blog to an overall theme of Hope as we align with the Church’s Jubilee Year. Our final series explores anchors of hope. What helps you hold onto hope in times of distress? What are the people, places, and spiritual practices that keep you steady? I'm… Continue reading Silence: An Anchor of Hope in Turbulent Times
Tag: Retreat
To Know, To Love, and To Follow: “This is so YOU!”
I am excited to join Becky Eldredge and friends as a regular contributor to the blog “Into the Deep: Exploring Ignatian Spirituality through the Voices of Women”. This month’s blog series focuses on the grace we pray for in the second week of the Spiritual Exercises: to know, to love, and to follow Jesus! Photo by Pablo… Continue reading To Know, To Love, and To Follow: “This is so YOU!”
In Memory of Joe Palmisano, SJ
A Jesuit friend assured me that they only invite the most wise and experienced spiritual directors to serve on the 30-day retreat. I’d had some not-so-great directors on shorter retreats, so my biggest concern about completing the Spiritual Exercises was whether or not I’d have a good spiritual director. If you have to maintain sacred… Continue reading In Memory of Joe Palmisano, SJ
It’s Got a Nice Ring to It
I’ve always wanted a ring. It doesn’t have to be an engagement ring or wedding band, and I certainly don’t imagine a guy getting down on one knee. I’ve just always wanted a ring. Last summer, much to my surprise, I found it! I was browsing along the Rocky Neck Art Colony, not at all… Continue reading It’s Got a Nice Ring to It
30 Days of Silence: If You Never Get Lost, You Never Get Found
Today is the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Ignatius was a great spiritual pilgrim, and his path to following Jesus is well documented in his Spiritual Exercises. I am grateful for so many people, men and women, lay and religious, Jesuit and others – who have been… Continue reading 30 Days of Silence: If You Never Get Lost, You Never Get Found