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  • Can you hear us? Are you listening?

    Jacob Blake grew up in Evanston, Illinois, just 4 miles up the road from Loyola’s campus. His grandfather was a pastor there at Ebenezer AME, organized and marched in the 1960s, and worked locally on housing reform and desegregation. Jacob has three children (ages 3, 5, and 8) and apparently moved to Kenosha (just a one-hour drive north) to get a fresh start. On Sunday evening, however, a police officer shot him in the back. He was struck by four of the seven bullets fired at him as he opened his car door and leaned in, his children present in the car. We do not know many details of the situation but we do know that this use of force was not necessary. The use of force like this is disproportionate and too often lethal. The data cannot not lie. Black men in the USA are almost 3 times more likely to be shot or choked to death by police than White men. This is an especially violent and tragic symptom of racism, including personal prejudice but especially reflecting systemic racism.READ MORE

  • The 2020 Wilbur Award Recipient Dr. David Dault

    Congratulations, Dr. David Dault!! We are excited to celebrate with Dr. Dault, who received a 2020 Wilbur Award for his work as producer, audio engineer, and editor for the “On Freedom Road” podcast: “On Freedom Road: The Roots and Fruits of U.S. Exploitation of Immigrant Labor.” Since 1949, the Wilbur Awards have been presented annually to recognize excellence in the communication of religious issues, values, and themes in public secular media. Through the awards, the Religion Communicators Council (RCC) recognizes the work of individuals, production companies and agencies as they communicate about religious issues, values and themes with professionalism, fairness, respect and honesty. Past winners include Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Pauley, Mister Rogers, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC’s 20/20, Meet the Press, Vanity Fair, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the New York Times.

  • Aging & Spirituality in This Crisis

    Join the Institute of Pastoral Studies and the Ignatian Legacy Fellows program via Zoom for a series of three workshops, Wednesdays @ Noon (central) June 24, July 8, and July 15. There is no charge to participate! Transitions from one stage of life to another are opportunities for reflections and discernment. What is the vocational call of aging? Who am I, really? Who am I with? Who am I becoming? What is my deepest purpose and mission? Join us to explore these questions and develop tools for the journey. RSVP for the Zoom Link.READ MORE

  • Loyola University Chicago Prayer Service

    The Institute of Pastoral Studies led a service of prayer and reflection for the Loyola University Chicago community on June 4th, 2020. We honored George Floyd, the countless others known and unknown who have suffered and died, to respond to the cries in the streets of Chicago, across the nation, and around the world calling for truth to be known and justice done. READ MORE

  • IPS Aggiornamento Award 2019 - Robert Ludwig

    Please click here to view the presentation of the Aggiornamento Award to Dr. Robert Ludwig, Professor Emeritus.
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    IPS Aggiornamento Award Dr. Peter Gilmour 2014

    Professor Emeritus Peter Gilmour is the 2014 Aggiormento Award winner for the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago. Gilmour has been involved in IPS since the program began in 1964, and recounts on his experiences in IPS and his time at Loyola. Watch Video