A Reflectionfor Ignatian Educators

Ignatius the Pilgrim

• Why did I become an educator at

• How did an experience of consolation guide your decision? How do I continue to experience consolation in my work?

• Has any desolation crept in? What can I do to change that?

Consolation and Desolation

• Have you had a defining moment?

• What do you need to let go?

• What grace do you need most right now?

Ignatius at Montserrat

• God is in all things• Where, when, how, in

whom have you experienced God during your service as an Ignatian educator?

Ignatius at Manresa

• Ignatian Education: an experience of companionship

• Who have been your companions and how have they enriched your experience?

• How have you been a companion for others?

Ignatius in Paris

• Write about a success, an accomplishment.

• Has success or growth come through trial?

Ignatius at La Storta

The Company of Jesus

To be at the disposal of the Church, available to labor in any place, for the sake of the greater and more universal good.

Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J.

• Where or how have you been invited to grow in unexpected ways?

• How are you being called today? Where is your pilgrimage leading you?

Accepting the Invitation

The Company of Jesus

http://americamagazine.org/issue/599/article/what-distinguishes-jesuits

Article

“What Distinguishes the Jesuits”by Avery Dulles, S.J.