Ignatian Speaker Series 2024-2025

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Join us again this year for four more Ignatian evenings at Rockhurst High School for the Jesuit Speaker Series! Each event will be hosted in the Kilker Learning Commons at Rockhurst High School from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Monday, September 9, 2024 - Fr. Jeff Johnson, SJ

• "Does ChatGPT Dream of Electric Teachers? Artificial Intelligence, Jesuit Education, and the Incarnation"

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - Dr. Philip Nahlik, SJ

• "The Molecular Basis of Free Will"

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - Fr. Timothy Lannon, SJ

• "What Is It You Want?"

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - Fr. Louie Hotop, SJ

• "Wonder: The Heart of the Spiritual Life"

Register below and join us for these evenings of Jesuit reflection - there is no charge to attend. AMDG

Register Here: https://www.rockhursths.edu/jesuit-speaker-seriesr-series

In partnership with Rockhurst High School and the Jesuit Friends and Alumni Network (JFAN).

Visit www.jfanusa.org/kansas-city

2025 Lenten Individually Directed Prayer Retreat

2025 Lenten Individually Directed Prayer Retreat

Our individually-directed prayer retreats are 6 to 7 weeks of accompaniment with an Ignatian prayer guide. You will pray daily with scripture passages, learn and practice Ignatian prayer methods, and share weekly about your experiences with an Ignatian prayer guide.

Pilgrims of Hope - Ignatian Contemplations on Luke’s Gospel

Pilgrims of Hope - Ignatian Contemplations on Luke’s Gospel

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Listen to Him, Hope in Him, Trust in Him

Join the Ignatian Spirituality Center at Church of the Nativity for three Lenten evenings of Ignatian Contemplation on the Gospel of Luke. Participants will enter into imaginative prayer, hear three retreat talks, and join others on the journey in spiritual conversation.

Dates: 3 Consecutive Tuesdays in Lent, 3/11/25, 3/18/25, 3/25/25

Time: 6:30 -8:00 pm

Where: Nativity Church, lower level, Parish Hall

More information coming soon

Registration coming soon

Ignatian Saturday with Ignatian Spirituality Institute Director Carol Ackels

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Join the Ignatian Spirituality Center of Kansas City as we welcome Carol Ackels, Director of the Ignatian Spirituality Institute. Carol is a spiritual director in the Ignatian tradition she serves as retreat director of the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius in various formats. She offers weekend retreats, the Exercises in Everyday Life, and one-to-one directed retreats at Jesuit retreat houses across the United States. Carol regularly gives programs and days of reflection to parish and Church groups. She launched and continues to give workshops to shape persons, Jesuits and lay, who are moving into retreat ministry and spiritual companioning in the Ignatian tradition. Appointed by the Provincial, Carol served six years on the bi-province Commission on Ministry--the group that discerns long-range planning for apostolic work of the Jesuits and their colleagues. Carol co-authored with Joe Tetlow, S.J. the twelve week Ignatian retreat Finding Christ in the World, and worked with Anthony Borrow, S.J. developing the Toward Greater Freedom retreat for parents at Jesuit College Prep of Dallas. Carol holds a J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas and a Master of Art in Theology and Leadership from Gonzaga University, Spokane. She and her husband reside in Dallas and are the parents of five adult children.

Saturday, May 3rd, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Rockhurst University, Arrupe Hall

Registration Coming Soon