Advent 2024

We are excited to offer weekly audio reflection podcasts during Advent! Additionally, young adults are invited join us for weekly online small group discussions based on these spiritual reflections.

Spend some time in prayer about the upcoming election, using this guided Examen, led by Elise Gower. May this communal prayer join us across the aisle, amidst difference, and in a collective commitment to change. LISTEN NOW!

Last month, presenter Eric Styles spoke with the Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) community on the topic of In Search of the Common Good. Listen now!

The Office of Ignatian Spirituality (OIS) and CLA are pleased to welcome Dave de la Fuente to the team!

Dave will serve as our new Associate Director for Ignatian Young Adult Ministries with responsibility for the Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) program.

In September, Jesuit Connections is partnering with Goodfaith as we offer an online family community inspired by Ignatian Spirituality. This online program, https://wearegoodfaith.org/initiatives/family-matters/, will explore faith through prayer, service, discernment, community building, spiritual direction, and mentoring.

Family Matters is a 15-month program for families with children ranging in age up to 19 years old. The Family Matters online platform will offer resources for self-led family activities and projects. The program will also offer online Community meetings to meet other families and to participate in small group discussions on key themes. Mentors will accompany the families throughout the journey and spiritual direction will be offered for parents.

Two members of the CLA 2021-2023 virtual cohort were able to meet in person in Kenya. They reflect on the experience of CLA and their time together.

Starting in late September, Jesuit Connections will be offering a virtual program, Family Matters, for parents and their families in collaboration with Goodfaith. In the spring we hosted listening sessions with parents to elicit parent feedback.

Now Goodfaith will be hosting two information sessions. If you are interested in learning more about the program and how to sign up for our first virtual cohort of Family Matters, please register for one of the information sessions. The sessions will be 30 minutes long and offer you a chance to ask questions and learn how to register for Family Matters. If you cannot attend, the meeting will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers.

Sign up for the date that works best for you. Attendance at an information session is not required to participate in the Family Matters program next fall!

Meg McNeill, a CLA DC Coordinator, speaks about her experience with accountable leadership in a recent Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) workshop. Listen to the excerpt now!

Joanna Williams, the Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative and Joaquin Pannunzio, a CLA-New York Alum and former Kino Border Initiative Volunteer, recently joined the CLA community to discuss the theme of "Leading in Complexity." They discuss the complexity of the work of the Kino Border Initiative in accompanying immigrants as well as prayer and contemplation. Listen now!

In the fall of 2024 Goodfaith and Jesuit Connections will be inviting you to journey together in an intentional online family community to explore faith through prayer, faith sharing, service and justice, family discernment and living in right relationship - all through an Ignatian Lens. Opportunities will include retreats from home, community building, resources and activities, spiritual direction and mentoring.

In the meantime, we are hosting two online listening sessions with parents this spring. Goodfaith and Jesuit Connections want to hear from you - what are the joys and challenges you're experiencing as individuals and parents on this faith journey? 

During Lent 2024

This Lent, we invite young adults to connect with Jesuits living in healthcare communities by sending them a letter. Take a few minutes during Lent to connect with these Jesuits who have devoted their lives to prayer, teaching, and service. Sign up now!

Lent 2024

We are excited to offer weekly audio reflection podcasts during Lent! Additionally, young adults are invited join us for weekly online small group discussions based on these spiritual reflections.

In this video, Fr. John Siberski, SJ, shares reflections about parenting through the lens of Ignatian spirituality with a focus on the Holy Family. This video is compiled from the three sharing sessions that took place earlier this year and includes 3 reflections followed by questions for further contemplation on what it means to be a parent. Watch now!

Recently, a group of young adults gathered at Eastern Point Retreat House for a Jesuit Connections’ Sacred Pause Retreat. The group contemplated with a reflective view of the past year using an Ignatian examen. Read now!

December 2, 2023, 10:00 AM ET

All are invited to the next Jesuit Connections in person retreat event on Saturday, December 2 13, 2023 with MaryAnne Davey.

Advent 2023

We are excited to offer weekly audio reflection podcasts during Advent! Additionally, young adults are invited join us for weekly online small group discussions based on these spiritual reflections.

November 13, 2023, 7:30 PM ET

All are invited to the next Jesuit Connections online event on Monday, November 13, 2023 with Becky McIntyre and JoAnn Melina Lopez

Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, recently joined the Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) community to break open the program's first theme, Cultivating a Contemplative Spirituality. Listen now!

October 10, 2023, 8:00 PM ET

All are invited to the next Jesuit Connections online event on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 with Fr. Damian Torres-Botello, SJ, and Roxanne De La Torre.

This past weekend, young adults participating in the Contemplative Leaders in Action program began their journeys by coming together for retreats.