The first national CLA workshop for our 2021-2023 cohorts was held on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 8pm Eastern, featuring Fr. James Martin, SJ. Watch now!

Recently, the regional coordinators and the national team recorded short messages of welcome for the new 2021-2023 CLA cohorts. Watch now!

Watch this Ignatian Examen presented by Catherine Heinhold from Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, DC.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church, a Jesuit parish in Washington, DC, has written an “Examen for Transition from the Pandemic Year.” Pray the examen.

Nicholas Collura leads our discussion as we consider the effects of isolation and chronic stress upon our spirits and psyches and offer a contemplative, trauma-informed reflection on "reentry after the pandemic.”

Fr. Adam Rosinski, SJ, helps us consider the practice of Ignatian discernment and how we can apply it to our lives.

Dr. Dayna Pizzigoni, PhD, LPC, discusses the integration of spirituality and mental health during these challenging times of COVID isolation.

CLA is an 18-month program for young adults. Your experience begins and ends with a retreat, and your cohort gathers twice per month. Be a contemplative leader in action!

Members of our 2018-2020 cohorts discuss why they applied to CLA, their experience with the program, and what they took away from it.

Here is a list of Ignatian resources from CLA, the Office of Ignatian Spirituality (OIS), and our partners across the Ignatian community designed to accompany you on your spiritual journey through Lent.

We are excited to share that applications for our 2021-2023 cohorts will be available online by the end of the month! Here's another quick update from Elise. Check it out!

Forming passionate, capable, faith-filled leaders is why CLA was created. We look forward to expanding on what we've learned and sharing new and exciting ways to be Contemplative Leaders in Action.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I invite you to watch this short video on diversity and inclusion in CLA.

We are excited to welcome Elise Gower as our new Associate Director for Contemplative Leaders in Action and the newest member of our Ignatian Young Adult Ministries team!

Here a few resources from across the Ignatian community to accompany you and deepen your prayer during this season of preparation.

Please join us in thanking Sr. Lisa for her tireless service to our CLA community, and let us pray for her as she begins her new ministry.

Justin Reyes, who completed CLA in New York this year, has entered the Jesuit Novitiate, a significant milestone in the Jesuit formation process.

In April 2020, Chris Lowney and Mary Novak were invited to be the first presenters in what we hope will become a recurring event, "Ignatian Leadership Today."

Today, we celebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola. In light of this significant feast day, upcoming events, and other important developments at IYAM, we wanted to share a special video message with you this week…