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Bring your mother or daughter to Ignatius House for a very special Mother’s Day Weekend retreat, Friday May 11, at 6pm - Sunday, May 13, at 10am. Be reminded of God’s love for you, the gift you have in relationship, and time to enjoy one another.
The retreat starts on Friday evening and ends on Sunday at 10am, leaving you rested and renewed with time to spend the day with your family.
Directed by Cathy Crosby and Emily Crosby Kaufman.
To register, click HERE.
Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center is located at 6700 Riverside Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30328.
On April 22nd, parishes, parishioners and people of all faiths will unite at Ignatius House Retreat Center in Sandy Springs to celebrate Earth Day. With a focus on cultivating and caring for the land that nourishes our lives, participants will learn how stewardship of the land is a requirement of living a spiritual life.
According to United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as posted on their website: www.usccb.org; “We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith.”
Catholic Earth Day Committee member Nancy Sestak adds: “It is also an opportunity to deepen our relationship with all that God has created.”
The Catholic Earth Day Committee, a group of volunteers from Catholic churches throughout the Atlanta Archdiocese organized the first Earth Day event in 2010. The event received the “Trailblazer Award” by Georgia Interfaith Power & Light at its annual GIPPY’s award ceremony, and has been recognized by the Catholic Climate Covenant for sharing the Church’s teaching on environmental stewardship and helping Catholics to see how environmental degradation impacts the poor and vulnerable among us.
This year’s event and celebration will have a theme focused on “Earth.” Free and open to people of all faith, the event will begin with prayerful reflection at 2 p.m. followed by several presentations, a panel discussion, an outdoor Mass at 5:00pm, and a reception that includes a “locally-grown” meal.
Laurie and Will Moore of Moore Farm (Woodland, Alabama) will share with attendees their experiences as organic farmers, and their efforts to bring locally grown alternatives to Atlantans. Veronica Watson from Ecopaat Gardens will talk about her experiences with providing inner city neighborhoods access to small gardens. Janet Claussen, Theology Department Chair at Marist, will guide the panel discussion at the end of the day.
As in past years, Catholic Earth Day will take place on the expansive grounds of the Ignatius House Retreat Center located at 6700 Riverside Drive, NW, in Sandy Springs, a suburb or metro Atlanta. Located on the Chattahoochee River, the Center’s inspiring natural surroundings provide the perfect example of the beauty and richness of God’s creation and the need for ongoing stewardship to protect it.
“Nature and all its beauty is a gift from our creator,” says Maria Cressler, Executive Director of Ignatius House Retreat Center. “When we stop to really experience and appreciate it, we can see that it is our responsibility to care for it just as we are cared for by God.”
In order to gauge needs for food for the reception, please RSVP online www.ignatiushouse.org or email: amy@paegedwards.com. To learn more about Catholic Earth Day or to find resources on “caring for creation visit http://www.facebook.com/CatholicsCaringforCreation .
Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a special Day of Reflection and Meditation on Monday January 16, 2012 at Ignatius House Retreat Center from 9am-3pm. The day includes three 30 minute talks followed by periods of quiet and meditation. Coffee and a light breakfast are served at 9:00 am. Lunch will be served and mass celebrated.
Two months before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King, Jr. reflected on how he wished to be remembered after his death:
“If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for peace; I was a drum major for righteousness.”
In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Ignatius House Retreat Center invites women and men of all faiths to reflect on what King called a “A New Definition of Greatness.”
Join them for this special Day of Reflection and Meditation led by Matthew Cressler. Matthew is a doctoral candidate in American Religions at Northwestern University. His studies are focused on African American and American Catholic religious histories as they intersect with conceptions of the American Nation. Matthew is currently completing his dissertation, titled To Be Black and Catholic: African American Catholics in Chicago from Postwar Migrations to Black Power. He recently received the American Catholic Historical Association’s fourteenth annual John Tracy Ellis Dissertation Award.
To register, visit IgnatiusHouse.org, call 404.255.0503, or email to smachek@ignatiushouse.org.
Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, 6700 Riverside Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30328.
Author and Retreat Director Matthew Linn S.J presents an Evening of Reflection at Ignatius house, ”How To Deal With A Prickly Porcupine,” September 8, 2011, 7-9pm.
Each of us often rubs shoulders with a porcupine, a difficult person we wish lived in Antarctica… We will explore the 2 hands that heal us: the right hand that sets boundaries so we can care for ourselves and find inner peace and the left hand that reaches out to create peace without becoming another prickly porcupine that blames or tries to fix another.
Fr. Matthew Linn, SJ (as a team with Dennis and Sheila Linn) has focused on integrating physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. He is a member of the Association of Christian Therapists and has advanced graduate degrees in sociology, anthropology, spirituality, & theology. Since 1970 he has taught courses & given retreats on healing in every state and in over 60 countries from Alaska to Australia. Ordained in l973 he currently lives in a Jesuit community in Minneapolis where he trains spiritual directors at Sacred Ground and serves on the editorial board of Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction. Matt, Dennis, and Sheila have written 21 books translated in over 20 languages, (all in Spanish) and with over a million copies in English. Among the many are Good Goats: Healing Our Image of God (winner Catholic Press Award l995), Healing Spiritual Abuse and Religious Addiction, Sleeping With Bread: Holding What Gives You Life, Healing of Memories, Healing Life’s Hurts.
Register online or call 404.255.0503. Suggested Donation $25.
Jesuit Retreat Center at Ignatius House is located at 6700 Riverside Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30328.
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