Ignatian Spirituality and Social Justice

MOJ readers in the Long Island area will be interested in a monthly series that commences this month at St. Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset, entitled: Ignatian Spirituality Series: A Call to Justice.  Through input, reflection, prayer and spiritual converstaion, participants in the series will explore issues of social justice in light of the spirituality of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.  The full schedule, as well as information regarding cost and registration, can be obtained from the retreat house's website here.  The first few sessions of the series are:

The Ignatian Call to Life for the Life of the World (Presenter: David McCallum, S.J.), Saturday, September 30, 9:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Justice for All: Examining our Attitudes Toward the "Other" (Presenter: Susan J. Stabile), Saturday, October 28, 9:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Face of Human Trafficking - A Haunting Cry in Our time (Presenter: Sr. Helene Hayes, RGS), Thursday, Nov. 9, 7:00p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Seeing the Face of Christ in the Poor: Economic Justice (Presenter: John Freund, C.M.) - Saturday, December 9, 9:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m.