In the Fall of 2024, sixty-five families from eleven different Catholic faith communities participated in the pilot program of Goodfaith’s Family Matters, and they were accompanied by more than fifty spiritual directors affiliated with the OIS. Read more.

“Simply said, I have become increasingly more aware of the precious gift of the ministry of spiritual direction through supervision.” Read more.

The Office of Ignatian Spirituality is pleased to welcome Fr. Rocco C. Danzi, SJ, in the role of Promoter of the Spiritual Exercises.

Recently, Ministerio Hispano Ignaciano (the OIS Hispanic Ministry) held a silent Ignatian retreat for 18 people from New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island, and Pennsylvania.

The Immigration Committee at St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Chestnut Hill, MA, to which I belong, organized an immersion trip for its parishioners to the “Kino Border Initiative” in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.   

As members of the Ignatian family and the People of God, we offer our prayers of gratitude for the election of our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.

The staff of OIS remembers and reflects on Pope Francis and his papacy…

We mourn the loss of our beloved Pope Francis.

Ministerio Hispano Ignaciano Holds Three Retreats in Early April

As practitioners, we learn from our teachers, our own directors and those who come to us.  We understand our primary Guide is the Holy Spirit.  I suggest another essential resource for us is our supervisor, who serves as teacher, mentor and coach. Read more.

Recently, OIS’s Hispanic Minstry team (Ministerio Hispano Ignaciano, MHI) led a Escuchando a Dios como Ignacio Retreat. Fourteen people from the northeast participated in this Ignatian Spanish-language Silent Retreat which ewas led by Sindy Collazo and Fr. Jack Fagan, SJ, members of MHI.

This March, we celebrate “Women’s History Month” worldwide. OIS’s Ministerio Hispano Ignaciano continues the series began last year, Mujeres Ignacianas que nos Inspiran (Ignatian Women Who Inspire Us) recognizing Ignatian women who inspire us through their example and dedication.

Recently, more than 40 members of the local Hispanic community gathered at the Parish of St. Anne in Rock Hill, South Carolina. This was a collaboration with the Knights of Columbus from St. Anne Parish of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri.

You only need to hear Fr. Tom McMurray, SJ, speak briefly about his current ministry before quickly realizing something special is happening in Worcester with the Spiritual Exercises. But it all started with him saying, “No.” READ MORE!

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