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God in All Things:
An Intro to Ignatian Spirituality
tuesday, September 20, 2022
7:00 - 8:30 PM PDT
Online via Zoom - closed captioning available
Kathy Collins, Maria ochoa vazquez,
Fr. Mike Bayard, SJ , presenters
Please register by Sunday, September 18, 2022
About this Program
Are you looking for spiritual tools that can help you to renew your prayer life, as well as equip you for the challenges of this time? Are you curious about Ignatian spirituality and what it may have to offer you and your faith journey?
Join the Ignatian Spirituality Center for an introductory evening to learn the basics about Ignatian spirituality and prayer. Learn about the practice of discernment, Ignatian tools for reflection, as well as the art of finding God in All Things. Explore how the inspiring life of founder St. Ignatius and key characteristics of Ignatian spirituality can help you discern God’s presence and invitation in your life.
This is an introductory program for people new to or somewhat familiar with Ignatian spirituality. If you have experience with Ignatian spirituality and would like a refresher, we welcome you to attend! Please note that the times listed are for Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Cost
This will be a sliding-scale, donation-based program. Please donate as much or little as you are able. Thank you!
HELP SUPPORT A PARTICIPANT
If you would like to help subsidize the cost of participation for another person, we welcome your donation. Thank you for helping us to make it possible for all persons to participate in this program!
Kathy Collins has been in love with Ignatian Spirituality since her days as a campus minister at Seattle U. She has found God in all things in her life - in work with students, in international service with Maryknoll in Bolivia, in her personal grief, in working with God's beloved at St. Francis House, and delighting in her five grandchildren. She has been a Spiritual Director for 20 years, and is a director in the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (SEEL) in Seattle. She is currently the Interim Executive Director at the Ignatian Spirituality Center.
Maria Ochoa Vazquez leads program development for the Ignatian Spirituality Center, helping to bring alive the practices of Ignatian spirituality for seekers of all types. For the last 16 years, Maria has served in many roles focused on providing spiritual formation and leadership development in the Ignatian tradition through programs, retreats, and spiritual direction, including Assistant Director for the Magis Alumni Ministry at Seattle University, and Regional Coordinator of the Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) program in Seattle. Maria is a graduate of Gonzaga University with bachelors degree in Art, and holds a Masters in Transforming Spirituality from the School of Theology & Ministry at Seattle University. She is a bicultural/bilingual Mexican immigrant who is an artist and creative, gardener, wife, and mother.
Fr. Mike Bayard, S.J. is a member of the Jesuit West Province. He serves as Jesuit Assistant for Pastoral and Spiritual Outreach at the Center for Jesuit Education at Seattle University, and Chaplain at the Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative Northwest (JRJI Northwest).
In May 2021, Mike finished seven years at the Jesuits West Provincial Office in Portland where he most recently served as the Provincial Assistant for Mission Integration and Spiritual Ministries; and prior to that as the Socius to the Provincial of the Jesuits West Province.
Fr. Mike is originally from Milwaukee, WI where he entered the Jesuits. In June 1998 he was ordained a priest and served as associate pastor of Gesu Parish in Milwaukee before moving to Seattle in 2000, where he worked for 14 years in Campus Ministry and Magis: Alumni Living the Mission at Seattle University.
Questions?
Call (206) 329-4824 or email Maria Ochoa Vazquez , ISC Program Coordinator.
Sponsored by the Ignatian Spirituality Center