Posted on December 1st, 2020
Spiritual desolation is not something we ourselves can change (only God can do that), but St Ignatius offers us ways to deal with spiritual desolation when we are in the thick of it.
Posted on November 15th, 2020
I have been recently exploring this call to integrated, all-of-me authenticity in an incarnated spirituality.
Posted on October 24th, 2020
There is quite a bit of research done on the existence and meaning of Black Madonnas. I am interested in how this portrayal of Mary or even God as a black woman can challenge our perceptions of who God is and the way we see and interact with her.
Posted on October 11th, 2020
There is no need for our paths to be the same for us to be able to walk alongside each other; we have only to be seeking to move in the same ultimate direction: towards the greater flowering of God’s love.
Posted on September 17th, 2020
For most of us, the ministry of spiritual direction has previously been something we undertook in the presence of another, and like many of you, I’ve had to learn a new set of skills.
Posted on September 2nd, 2020
Our struggle, even as we appear to be listening, is that we can find ourselves thinking that we have heard all this before or processing people according to a spiritual direction algorithm.
Posted on August 11th, 2020
Shaking loose old ideas can be liberating but I wonder if scripture can still be a place of encounter with the living God.
Posted on July 21st, 2020
Posted on June 17th, 2020 in News
A response to the piece by Julian Maddock in the last newsletter, written by Christine Strohmeier
Posted on May 27th, 2020
An interview with St Ignatius at his family home in Autumn 1521….