Center for Ignatian Spirituality

Coming Events for Faculty and Staff

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.

"The Sistine Chapel"
Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, February 16, 2010, 1:30 - 2:30pm. A reception will follow.

    Nadine McGuinness, CSJ, using images of the beautifully restored painting in the Sistine Chapel, will present the theologies, spiritualities and symbols to be discerned in the art.

                                                                                                                                                                    

Nadine McGuinness, a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange, is an adjunct faculty member of the LMU Theological Studies Department. She earned her doctorate in Systematic Theology from the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto.


     Please RSVP to ignacio@lmu.edu or to 81806. By email, we will send a reminder and identify the location for this event, on Monday, February 15.

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: 11/8/2009