Ignatian Year

Why is Ignatian Year?

In 1521, while Ignatius was convalescing at his family home in Loyola from the wound that damaged his leg at the battle of Pamplona, God brought about his conversion and put him on the road that led to Manresa. Together with our friends and the whole Church, the universal Society wants to remember that privileged moment when the Holy Spirit inspired Ignatius of Loyola in his decision to follow Christ and to deepen our understanding of this pilgrim way in order to ‘draw fruit’ from it. To this end, the Ignatian year will open on the 20th of May 2021 (the anniversary of the injury at Pamplona). It will conclude on the 31st of July 2022. The materials will enrich us to understand Ignatius and enable us to have a CONVERSION OF HEART. May you have a transformative experience as you go through these articles.

1. Ignatian Year 20-5-2021-31-7-2022 by Fr General Arturo Sosa

2. The opportunity of the Ignatian Year 2021-2022 by Superior General Arturo Sosa

3. Ignatian year-Call to Conversion

4. What does the conversion of St Ignatius teach us?

5. Pope Francis receives first copy of Walking with Ignatius from Fr General Arturo Sosa

6. Discernment is for every Christian

7. To see all things new in Christ

8. A modern-day lesson from the conversion of St. Ignatius- Myron Pereira SJ

9. Ignatian Year- A year of Renewal

10. Origins and Development of Religious Orders by William Hinnebusch OP

11. What Pope Francis and St. Ignatius have in common by Arturo Sosa

12. Fifteen Prayer Services for the Ignatian Year

13. JIVAN May, 2021 on Ignatian Year

14. Ten VIDEOS ON IGNATIAN YEAR

EUCHARISTIC YOUTH MOVEMENT

 EYM stands for the Eucharistic Youth Movement. It is the youth branch of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (PWPN).The EYM is an International Movement for the Christian formation of children and young people from 5 to 25 years old. EYM invites young people around the world to live in Jesus’ way, in a heart-to-heart relationship of friendship with him, based on a Eucharistic spirituality for the mission. It is founded on the pedagogy of the Emmaus disciples: Gospel, Eucharist and Mission. The Way of the Heart is its wellspring. The pedagogy of the EYM has the following dimensions:

1. The EYM as a pedagogy of choice, underlines the importance of discernment.

2. The EYM as a way to live like Jesus, underlines the invitation to model one’s life on Him.

3. The EYM as a way to become a Eucharistic person, seeking to better understand the Eucharist and the process of growth in Christ.

4. The EYM as a Eucharistic Crusade, stressing adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and concern for the liturgy.

5. The EYM as a devotion to the Heart of Jesus, including prayer for the Pope’s monthly intentions.

 Kindly pass on this information to your children and others so that our children become Christlike. If you need more information, kindly contact: kjarunsj@gmail.com

Resources for the Ignatian Year

1. The Spiritual Exercises by George Ganss SJ

2. Autobiography of St Ignatius by Divakar SJ

3. Draw me into your friendship by David Fleming SJ

4. Healing the Broken World edited by Patxi Álvarez SJ

Sacred Heart of Jesus

Please find the links below with the articles.

1. Introduction to the way of the Heart

2. Meditation on the way of the Heart

3. Participation in the dynamic of the Sacred of Heart of Jesus

4. Devotion to the Heart of Jesus throughout the History

5. The Jesuits and the Devotion to the Heart of Jesus

Paul Jackson, SJ: A Contemporary Christian Sufi

Paul Jackson, SJ: A Contemporary Christian Sufi,  Testimonies compiled by Victor Lobo, SJ and Joseph Victor Edwin, SJ Please click on the link to open the document. 

First Webinar in the Series: "Christian Life Community (CLC) - A New Way of Being the Church" by Fr Luke Rodrigues, SJ

August 11, 2021. For the video please go to this link

JIGSA -Jesuits working in Ignatian Spirituality in South Asia

The Secretariat JIGSA (Jesuits working in Ignatian Spirituality in South Asia) was established in May 2009. The setting up of a distinct and separate Secretariat was dedicated to foster and promote the treasures of Ignatian Spirituality and Charism; to enthuse and bring together all those who are involved in sharing the legacy of Ignatian Spirituality with the religious and laity; to give an impetus to research, and to disseminate fruits of study and reflection through periodical seminars and publications. It offers a structure to Provincials and formators to facilitate the ongoing formation of the Scholastics and formed in the Ignatian Spirituality in the Assistancy.