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Pope Francis & Ignatian Spirituality

Pope Francis & Ignatian Spirituality. Sandie Cornish www.social-spirituality.net. Overview. Jesuit & I gnatian spirituality Characteristics of an Ignatian work Contemplatives in action Discernment Dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises Characteristics of the Jesuit ‘Way of Proceeding’.

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Pope Francis & Ignatian Spirituality

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  1. Pope Francis & Ignatian Spirituality Sandie Cornish www.social-spirituality.net

  2. Overview Jesuit & Ignatian spirituality Characteristics of an Ignatian work Contemplatives in action Discernment Dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises Characteristics of the Jesuit ‘Way of Proceeding’ www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

  3. Jesuits & Ignatian Spirituality • The spirituality of PopeFrancis and the Jesuits is Ignatian, ie based on the spiritual insights of St Ignatius of Loyola. • Some other religious orders share this spirituality • The Christian Life Communities are a lay movement based on Ignatian spirituality. • Jesuit spirituality is Ignatian but you don’t have to be Jesuit to be Ignatian. www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

  4. Characteristics of an Ignatian Work • Intentionally seeks God in all things • Practices Ignatian discernment • Engages the world through a careful analysis of context, in dialogue with experience, evaluated through reflection, for the sake of action, with an openness to evaluation (GC 35 D6 n 9) www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

  5. Contemplatives in Action • We find God where God has already come to meet us - in the people, places and events of history. • Spiritual Exercises– contemplation of the incarnation. God gazes on us with love. Can we respond in love? • La Storta – will we carry the cross with Jesus? • Ignatian spirituality is world affirming. It embraces the world in all its joys and sorrows. • Pope Francis - delight in simple, earthy things, not above doing ordinary things, warmth, joy, engagement. www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

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  7. Ignatian Discernment • Discernment is about becoming free to love and to serve, choosing in union with the will of God. • God deals with each of us personally. We find God’s will for us by paying attention to our interior movements. • Our deepest desires will lead us to be united with the Heart of God in the heart of the world. • It is not simply a matter of choosing between good and bad, but choosing the greatest good among goods. www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

  8. Norms for the Choice of Ministries • Groups and organizations can also exercise discernment. • Jesuit criteria for communal apostolic discernment: • Greatest need • More universal • More fruitful • Pope Francis -personal relationship with Jesus, cultivating our interior lives, concern for those in greatest need, following Jesus, poor and humble. www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

  9. Dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises • The Spiritual Exerciseshelp Spiritual Directors to guide others in series of exercises designed to lead them closer to God, to make key choices, to discern the will of God. • Pastoral Spiral • the dynamics of the Exercises applied to action for social justice. • Includes elements of experience, analysis, reflection, action, and evaluation.   • Pope Francis - teachings on financial system, Bangladesh garment factory disaster, based on reflection on concrete experience rather than starting from abstract concepts. www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

  10. The Jesuit Way of Proceeding •  The 8 characteristics are being: • People with a deep personal love for Jesus • Contemplatives in action • An apostolic body within the church • In solidarity with those most in need • In partnership with others • Called to learned ministry • Men sent, always available for new missions • Ever in search of the magis (to be of greater or deeper service). • Pope Francis - deep personal love for Jesus, solidarity with those in need, advisory group of eight cardinals, willingness to accept election. www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

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  12. Does anything about the Ignatian way attract you? • How might the three characteristics of an Ignatian work, or the eight characteristics of the Jesuit way of proceeding, influence your work for social justice? For Reflection www.social-spirituality.net www.facebook.com/socialspirituality

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