Parable of the Mustard Seed by Kelly Latimore

Novena of Grace
Cultivating Seeds of Hope

Daily: Tuesday, APRIL 1 - wednesday, April 9

Weekdays 12:30-1:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday 11 am-12 pm

Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University
901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

Arturo Araujo, SJ, Anna Robertson, Patrick Barredo Presenters

In-person and online. Livestream available on this page each day.

about the program

This Lent, we invite you to journey with us as we take one hour a day for a retreat amid daily life. Join us for any or all of the nine days of reflection, music, and preaching. Join together with us as a faith-filled community for God’s healing and hope in our lives. Be nourished and inspired each day as you open yourself to the Spirit and experience a grace that transforms. 

The Novena’s origins date to 1633, when tradition says St. Francis Xavier appeared to a priest in a healing vision and promised that all who would earnestly ask his intercession with God for nine consecutive days would experience profound grace. The Novena survives today as an annual tradition which is continually updated to remain relevant to the daily lives of retreat-goers.

All are welcome!


about the theme

As believers, we cultivate and nurture what God has sown, that is, the seeds of Faith, Hope, and Love. In a time when we are experiencing personal and communal desolations of all kinds, and when our communities are becoming more sharply divided, how then do we embody God’s heart in the face of such fear and desolation? How do we remain rooted in Hope alongside one another? We long for something fresh to emerge and break through – for healing and right-relationship.

In this year’s Novena, we pray for the grace to water and tend to the seeds of Hope, to be active agents in their growth into an abundance of grace in our world. Let us pray together to live Hope as a transformative force for the good of our neighbors and ourselves.


program cost

Novena of Grace is free to attend. Free will donations are welcomed. Thank you for donating to make programs like this possible.


ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Arturo Araujo, SJ serves as the rector of the Jesuit community at Seattle University and is an associate professor of Visual Arts. Originally from Colombia, Araujo joined the Jesuits in 1986, earned his Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and a Master's in Divinity from Javeriana University in Bogotá. He earned a BA in Visual Arts from SU, before studying at Cornish College of the Arts and the University of New Mexico. Inspired by nature and by the Work of Rembrandt, Käthe Kollwitz, and Thavor Ko-udomvit, Araujo creates work that expresses a contemporary spirituality combining etching and lithography silkscreen, relief, and digital media. Araujo's work is a visual meditation that seeks reconciliation and identity. His expertise is the combination of all print media.

Anna Robertson serves as the Director of Distributed Organizing for Discerning Deacons. She previously worked as Director of Youth and Young Adult Mobilization at Catholic Climate Covenant and Campus Minister for Retreats at Seattle U, in addition to supporting families of women experiencing incarceration, serving as a hospital chaplain, and accompanying students on faith and justice immersions in Latin America. The common thread has been a passion for helping people articulate their stories and step into their power as protagonists of transformation toward a more just world.  Anna is a cradle Catholic with an eye toward the threads of mysticism that cut across faith traditions. Anna has a ThM from Boston College and a BA in Theology from Xavier University in Ohio. In her free time, Anna enjoys practicing yoga, playing music, riding her electric bike around Seattle, jumping into bodies of water, cooking, reading, and having heart-to-hearts with friends.

Patrick Barredo has served in ministry his whole life, most recently at St. James Cathedral as the Director of Social Outreach and Advocacy, promoting life, peace and justice, particularly in the areas of poverty, food insecurity, racial equity, housing and homelessness, and care for creation. This work welcomes partnerships with ecumenical and interfaith communities, and all who share a common vision. His ministerial work has brought him to Kenya, the Philippines, Guatemala and Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. He has presented on Catholic Social Teaching and is a contributing writer to FAITH Catholic. Born and raised in New Jersey, Patrick is the son of Filipino immigrants. He attended the University of Notre Dame, the University of Washington and Seattle University. Patrick and his wife Christina are blessed with three wonderful children.


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