May 24, 2022
Our hearts are broken, our heads bent, our hands feel helpless. We weep, we lament, we beg forgiveness.
We say the names of children and adults massacred at school on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Alexander Aniyah Rubio, age 10
Alithia Ramirez, age 10
Amerie Jo Garza, age 10
Annabelle Guadalupe Rodriguez, age 10
Eliahana Cruz Torres, age 10
Eliana "Ellie" Garcia, age 9
Eva Mireles, teacher, age 44
Irma Garcia, teacher
Jackie Cazares, age 10
Jailah Nicole Silguero, age 10
Jayce Luevanos, age 10
Jose Flores, age 10
Layla Salazar, age 10
Makenna Lee Elrod, age 10
Maite Rodriguez, age 10
Miranda Mathis, age 11
Neveah Bravo, age 9
Rojelio Torres, age 10
Tess Marie Mata, age 10
Uziyah Garcia, age 8
Xavier Lopez, age 10
Who:
- Persons who have made retreats at Montserrat and/or other Jesuit retreat houses.
- Persons who have made retreats lead by Jesuits or in the ignatian tradition. For example, persons who have participated in Charis, Toward Greater Freedom, Finding Christ in the World and other such retreats.
- Persons who have participated in Ignatian prayer groups or days of reflection
- Persons who have attended Jesuit schools and universities and participated in the spiritual life and retreats of those institutions
- Campus ministers and faculty members of schools and universities
Course Facilitators:
All instructors and presenters at the Ignatian Spirituality Institute live ignatian spirituality. We share what we have. Our courses are guided by Jesuits, priests and scholastics, as well as lay persons who have long experience and training in ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction in the ignatian tradition. You can find out more about our instructors here, and on the individual course pages.
Course Structure:
- Sessions incorporate lecture as well as small group discussion and exercises.
- Plenary discussions follow the small group exercises.
- Participants can expect reading assignments during the week between the sessions.