Center for Ignatian Spirituality

Coming Events for Faculty and Staff

Fourth Annual "Living Life to the Fullest" - Cancer Awareness Faire
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

     An Organization Faire, open to students, faculty, and staff will take place on the Mall between The Von der Ahe Library and Foley, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, featuring tables where groups, including LMU's Cancer Mentoring Network members, will display services and programs related to cancer awareness.
     LMU Theater Arts alumni will perform short dramatic monologues based on interviews with those dealing with cancer, in Seaver 100, starting at 12:15 pm. A guest speaker the Angeles Clinic and Research Center will conclude the program.

     No reservations are necessary.

“Defining Moments"
Convo Hour, Thursday, November 5, 2009. A luncheon presentation by Professor Ellen Ensher, who will provide information and facilitate discussion about helpful and successful responses to crucial decision points or intense transformational experiences that often have powerful effects in our lives, including career choices.

     Ellen Ensher has been a management professor at the College of Business Administration since 1997. She focuses on teaching courses in the area of human resource management including mentoring and management and training and development.

     To make a reservation, please call 338-1806, or send an email to ignacio@lmu.edu. We will send an email reminder, and the upper campus location, on Wednesday, November 4.

Friday, November 13, 2009, 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.) They will give us an orientation to The Wetlands, and show us some of the plants, birds, and other creatures that make up this very interesting habitat that is within sight of LMU.

    For more information about the Wetlands, 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, November 12.

      Faculty and Staff are welcome to join a select group of LMU musicians under the direction of John Flaherty and Tony Alonso for a pre-Christmas luncheon which will include not only an ambience of music, but an experience of prayer, song, and Scripture. An excellent community preparation for the coming holidays.

     Each of these luncheons is a separate event; both will include music, prayer, and reflection.

     To make a reservation, please call 338-1806, or send an email to ignacio@lmu.edu. We will send an email reminder, and the location, on the day before the luncheon.

A Weekend Retreat for Faculty and Staff
 Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School

Title: "You shall Know the Truth and the Truth Will Set You Free"

February 12 -14, 2010, at the Mary and Joseph Retreat Center, Palos Verdes

  Director: William Fulco, SJ, NEH Professor of Mediterranean Studies; Professor of Classics and Archaeology.

Questions? Answers.

For more than two years, 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: 10/12/2009