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Begin your spiritual journey in the Ignatian tradition and change the way you live your life.
The Ignatian Way I is an introduction to Ignatian Spirituality showing the breadth and the universality of the Ignatian way of living.
This introductory course uses podcast lectures, reading materials, practical experience of some Ignatian spiritual practises and discussing the place of Ignatian spirituality in our lives.
Those who wish to continue studying and deepening their spiritual experience can explore further with Ignatian Way II and Ignatian Way III running later this academic year.
Week 1 – Tuesday 8 November
Live your life – The power of awareness
Week 2 – Tuesday 15 November
Go deeper in life – Living in the Presence of God
Week 3 – Tuesday 22 November
Explore life – The power of Imagination
Week 4 – Tuesday 29 November
Stay in life – Contemplative in Action
Week 5 – Tuesday 6 December
Give your life – Loving Service
This course runs over five weeks. Once you have registered and been accepted onto the course, you will be sent a link to a password protected webpage. On this webpage you will find the podcasts, reading and questions for reflection for the in-person session at the London Jesuit Centre.
Each week there will be a podcast which you can listen to at any time that suits you. A new presentation will be added each week. There is also assigned reading for each week and questions for reflection and research.
Each week concludes with a seminar led by the course tutors, lasting about an hour and a quarter. To benefit fully from the seminars you need to have listened to the podcasts, done the assigned reading, and spent some time with the questions for reflection (on which the discussion will be based).
Week 1 Reading - Anne Long
Week 1 - Handout
Week 2 Reading - James Martin SJ
Week 2 - Handout
Week 3 Reading - Tim Muldoon
Week 3 - Handout
Week 4 Reading - Philip McParland
Week 4 - Handout
IW1 Week 5 reading - Thomas Ryan
IW1 Week 5 - Handout
The Revd Dr John Russell is Spirituality Lead at the LJC. Previously, he worked as a Human Rights Lawyer and university lecturer. He is an accredited teacher of trauma-aware yoga, with specialist qualifications in breath-work and addiction recovery. His favourite modes of transport are bicycle and kayak.
Rosie Pike became interested in Ignatian spirituality ten years ago, and later trained as a spiritual director through the Ignatian Spirituality course. Before then she was a lay pastor for many years in a small evangelical church in Southwest London. She divides her time between spiritual direction and training, voluntary work in her local church and community and anti-knife crime initiatives in her local area. She has studied theology, biology, bereavement counselling and nursing.
