Center for Ignatian Spirituality

Coming Events for Faculty and Staff

Come and See -
      Learn about the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises for Faculty and Staff

You are invited to meet with those who serve as guides for the Ignatian Exercises, as well as some of those who have already had the experience here at LMU. Three sessions are available:

Tuesday, September 2, at 12:15 pm,
      in the Marymount Institute, UNH 3000             

Wednesday, September 3, at 2:00 pm,
      in the Center for Ignatian Spirituality, Leavey Center, Suite I

Thursday, September 4, at 12:15pm,
     in the Center for Ignatian Spirituality, Leavey Center, Suite I

    For more information about The Spiritual Exercises for Busy Persons, see the web page:  For Busy Persons.

Image created by
Father Michael Tang
LMU Art Department

September 8 - 12: Guides will interview those interested in making The Spiritual Exercises for Busy Persons.

Muslim-Christian Encounters - a presentation by Fr. Thomas Michel, SJ
September 17, 12:00 noon, Hilton 300.    (The Center for Ignatian Spirituality is a co-sponsor, with the Department of Theological Studies)

     Thomas Michel, S.J., a St. Louis native who belongs to the Indonesian Jesuit Province, is Secretary of Interreligious Dialogue for the Society of Jesus in Rome. In Bangkok, Thailand, he also serves as Secretary for Ecumenism of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. A Ph.D. in Arabic language and Islamic religion from the University of Chicago, Father Michel teaches regularly in Turkey, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In 1998 he gave the Martin D'Arcy Lectures at Oxford University on Muslim-Christian encounters in history.

No reservations are necessary.

A Visit to the Ballona Wetlands
Friday, September 26, 2008, 12:45pm - 4:00pm

     LMU faculty and staff are invited to a guided walk in the wetlands, with time for quiet reflection and prayer. A box lunch will be provided, and we will arrange for transportation.

     Bring walking shoes and a hat, as well as binoculars, if you wish.

    Our guides will be: John Dorsey (Associate Professor, Natural Science), and Pippa Drennan, (Associate Professor, Biology).

     For more information, please see this web page: A Visit to the Ballona Wetlands.

     To make a reservation, please call 338-1806, or send an email to ignacio@lmu.edu. We will contact you to arrange transportation, and will also send an email reminder on Thursday, October 4.

Versions of Female Heroism: Ritual, Theatre, and Spirituality
Tuesday, November 11, 3:00 - 4:00pm
Marymount Institute, UNH 3800

     Theresia de Vroom, LMU Professor of English and Director of the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the Arts, discusses the spiritual and political underpinnings of the construction of female hero in iconography, theatre and religion. The scope of her talk is inclusive and comparative with subjects that range from contemporary models of female power to the model of female heroism exemplified by the figure of the Virgin Mother of Christ; from the construction of the tragicomic female hero in Shakespeare's last plays, to the formation of the female political icon, the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, to the model of female heroism imbedded in the mission of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary.

     The presentation will be followed by a reception.

     No registration is necessary though, to all who send an email reply to ignacio@lmu.edu, we will send a reminder on the morning of Monday, November 10.

Questions? Answers.

For more than a year, Fr. Herb Ryan, Professor Emeritus of Theological Studies at LMU, has been sending email replies to theological or religious questions submitted by faculty and staff.

Ask Fr. Herbie is the name of this service offered through Fr. Ryan's association with the Center for Ignatian Spirituality. Fr. Ryan has a great facility for providing carefully considered pastoral answers to questions that faculty and staff send to him, questions that might not seem appropriate in a group or conversational setting, but questions of personal significance that have to do with religion and theology. A written question, submitted by email, allows time for a thoughtful response. Please contact Fr. Ryan at hryan@lmu.edu.

Last updated: 8/28/2008