THE IGNATIAN

CHARISM FOR THE

WORLD OF TODAY
An International Organizing Institutions
Immersion Course C
 entre of Spirituality Cave of St.Ignatius
on Ignatian Manresa
Spirituality G
 EI (Ignatian Spirituality Team - Jesuits from
Southern Europe)
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 IDES (Ignatian School of Spirituality),
Objective
Cristianisme i Justícia. Barcelona
T
 he Ignatian charism has clearly a valuable
contribution to make to Christian life in our world
today. This course provides an opportunity to study
the legacy of Ignatius of Loyola in some depth, both Co-ordinators
as an inspiration for authentic Christian living in
J oaqui Salord, SJ J osep Sugranyes, SJ
contemporary society and Church, and as a means
for the spiritual formation of individuals and groups. 2019
The Course is geared to the broad Ignatian family 9th year
(Jesuits, members of other religious institutes
and lay people) and it will be run in English.
An application form may THE IGNATIAN
Programme
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CHARISM FOR
W
 e begin by looking at the personal experience of
Ignatius, the pilgrim, an experience which sheds light
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THE WORLD
on how people come to grow in Christian life. Then,
after an 8-day individually guided Ignatian retreat,
Language
OF TODAY
English
we will approach the Spiritual Exercises from a An International
mystagogical and pedagogical angle. An overview
of Ignatius’ oeuvre will culminate in a study of the
Cost Immersion Course
Jesuit “Formula of the Institute” and of the 2.200 € (Room and Board) on Ignatian
Constitutions. The whole course will conclude with 600 € (Tuition, visits, documents) Spirituality
sessions on the theology and spirituality which flow
from the life and teachings of Ignatius, and with an
analysis of the various projects for Christian living
which continue to emerge from Ignatian spirituality.

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L
 ectures will take place alongside personal study
Sunday 28th April (afternoon)
and an on-going dialogue aimed to helping to Sunday 9th June (morning)
participants to integrate their various experiences. It 2019
will be an important part of the method to live in a
place where Ignatius himself spent an important part
of his life (Manresa) and to visit various other Ignatian
sites (Montserrat, Loyola, Javier), so that the study can Cova Sant Ignasi
be vivid and contextualised. This quality of spiritual Centro Internacional de Espiritualidad
experience will be a constant theme throughout the Camí de la Cova, 17 • 08241 Manresa (España)
course as will appropriate times of prayer and Tel. +34 93 872 04 22 • info@covamanresa.cat
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A Mystagogical Approach to
the Spiritual Exercises
We shall look at the text as a mystagogy, that is to say
as a path of spiritual transformation (every Week is a
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Ignatian Theology and
Spirituality for Today
The participants are invited at this stage to a
process of integration, through their lived
step) where the whole person is introduced to a new experience of Ignatian pathway. While the
understanding of her/himself , of God and of the world, Principle and Foundation provides the horizon
in an interconnected relationship that enables the for such a process, the world of desires calls for
PROGRAM finding of God in everything. a roadmap to navigate. The paschal way
  Lecturer: Javier Melloni, SJ

becomes the sine qua non of an emerging
universe that is ever-growing in divine plan and

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(Manresa, Spain; Member of the Ignatian Spirituality Team - GEI)
ever-manifesting the divine pedagogy.
Tuesday 21st to Thursday 23rd May

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  Lecturer: George Pattery, SJ

(President of the South Asia Jesuit Conference)
In touch with the Sources Tuesday 4th to Friday 7th June

Opening session

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of the Ignatian Charism
and Introductions
From the very beginning after finishing the
Sunday 28th afternoon to Monday 29th April “Deliberations 1539”, the First Jesuits confront and Summing up of the whole

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solve the important and unexpected crossroads and experience
conflicts in their ministries. What is the role of the
 uring one of the Transition Days a visit to
D
I gnatius of Loyola and Us. “First Companions” in the Foundation of the Society of Ignatian Barcelona will be offered.
The Autobiography and Jesus? How that group was led by the Holy Spirit and
how they grasped the historical events as “coming from Saturday 8th June
the Spiritual Diary

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above”? How to approach today the silent presence of
A sapiential reading of the Autobiography as
women in the life of St. Ignatius and his companions?
the matrix of a spiritual process, comparing the
experience of Ignatius with our own experience   Lecturer: José García de Castro, SJ
 Departure
and spiritual autobiography. The study of the (Universidad Pontificia Comillas- Madrid -
Member of the Ignatian Spirituality Team - GEI) Sunday 9th June
Spiritual Diary will not only introduce us to the
Saturday 25th to Tuesday 28th May

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highest levels of Ignatius’ spirituality but will
also make it possible to understand better the
characteristics of Ignatian mysticism.
The Society of Jesus as a different form
  Lecturer: Javier Melloni, SJ

(Manresa, Spain; Member of the Ignatian Spirituality
of religious life and pattern of a new
Team - GEI) apostolic enterprise
Tuesday 30th April to Sunday 5th May Ignatius and his First Companions founded a new religious
order set for a missionary goal. In the light of contemporary
Several visits to Ignatian Manresa
Apostolic Spirituality, a thorough study of the Ignatian
A visit to Montserrat

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charism needs to pay due attention to documents like the
Formula of the Institute and the Constitutions. The spirit of
these foundational documents continues to inspire Jesuits
 n 8-day Individually Guided
A and all the Ignatian family to renewing and cultivating an
Retreat apostolic body, appropriating to each their unique
  Director: Cecil Azzopardi, SJ
 vocation and commitment.
(Rome-Malta), assisted by a team of co-directors   Lecturer: Hung T.Pham, SJ

Monday 6th May evening to Tuesday 14th May (Assistant Professor of Ignatian Spirituality at Jesuit School of
Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley – USA)
A visit to Loyola and Javier

(Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th May) Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June www.covamanresa.cat