FACULTY & STAFF INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Winter 2023
The Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education provides ways for SCU faculty, staff, and administrators to deepen their understanding of SCU’s Jesuit, Catholic mission, to make it their own, and to discover and experience some of the many faces of Ignatian spirituality.
- IGNATIAN TAPAS
Ignatian Tapas is a quarterly free lunch open to all faculty, staff, and administration who are seeking deeper formation in Jesuit values and Ignatian Spirituality. We hope people from any religious, secular, or spiritual identity feel supported and welcomed! Please contact Tony Cortese (acortese@scu.edu) if you have any questions.
February 8 | 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM | Nobili Dining Room
- Bannan Memorial Lecture | Belfast, ‘A Place Apart’: Politics, Violence and the growth of Catholicism in a 19th Century Irish Town
Join the Ignatian Center’s Bannan Forum for the 2023 Bannan Memorial Lecture. This year’s lecture will be given by Oliver Rafferty, S.J., Professor of History at Boston College.
February 9 | 4:00PM | Nobili Dining Hall
- Ignatian Pedagogy as Signature and Inclusive Practice
February 23 | 12:15pm-1:45pm | Nobili Dining Hall
Join the Ignatian Center’s Bannan Forum for a workshop on Ignatian pedagogy and inclusive practices led by Dr. Jennifer Maney, Director of Marquette University’s Center for Teaching and Learning
- LUNCHTIME EXAMEN | 15 Minutes of Pause, Together
Join SCU's Division of Mission and Ministry for a weekly 15-minute Lunchtime Examen every Thursday. The Examen was created by St. Ignatius of Loyola as a technique of mindful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect the presence and invitation of the Divine. Gratitude is the essential component of the Examen. A team of faculty, staff, and students will take turns leading the Examen each Thursday over Zoom. The team hopes to provide a calm, welcoming presence as we journey together in community through the Examen. We hope students, faculty, and staff from any religious, secular, or spiritual identity feel supported and welcomed in this experience.
Thursdays | 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
SENSIBLE | A Down-to-Earth Spiritual Exercises ProgramThe themes for this Spring's Sensible is "Inner Peace in Friendship with Jesus." This retreat in everyday life provides SCU staff and faculty an opportunity to experience the dynamics and graces of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola through individual prayer and reflection as well as communal spiritual conversation.
Spring Registration is now open.
SEARCH FOR WHAT MATTERS | 2022-23 Speaker SeriesThis quarterly luncheon speaker series provides a space on campus for the discussion of core values and experiences among faculty, staff, students, and alumni. One faculty member, one staff member, and one Jesuit faculty/staff member are invited each year to respond to the single question: "What matters to me and why?"
Registration Coming Soon
If you would like to explore how Jesuit Education and Ignatian Spirituality can be incorporated into your course or student programming, please contact the Ignatian Center.