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Ignatian Heritage Month
Each November, the Loyola University Chicago community comes together in a variety of settings to celebrate and reflect on our Ignatian heritage and its continued influence on our work today. Ignatian Heritage Month is both a tradition and an invitation to deeper contemplation and renewed action.
Calendar of Events
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
All Saints Day
12:00 PM and 5:15 PM Mass at Madonna della Strada Chapel
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Centering our Centers
“The Jesuit Educational Mission”
Flavio Bravo BA ‘16
To find out more about this university-wide program and to register, click here
Sunday, November 5, 2023
Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus
10:30 AM and 9:00 PM Mass at Madonna della Strada Chapel
Monday, November 6, 2023
A Busy Adjuncts Retreat
An online, self-paced retreat open to all LUC part time faculty. Participants commit to weekly prayer, reflection, and spiritual direction. Mission Integration will provide prayer resources and spiritual direction introductions.
Register here
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Lakeshore Campus Book Club
The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditations with Ignatius of Loyola by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ
Cuneo Hall room 417 from 12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch provided
Register here
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Loyola 201: Partners in Mission (WTC)
Working together with the Department of Human Resources, Mission Integration convenes Loyola 201: Partners in Mission, an orientation for new staff. The purpose of the orientations is to acquaint or reacquaint new members of the Loyola community with the history and goals of Jesuit higher education so that they may appreciate and incorporate an understanding of the university's mission into their roles at the university.
9:00 AM-12:00 PM in Regents Hall (16th floor of Lewis Towers), WTC
Register here
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Water Tower Campus Book Club
The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditations with Ignatius of Loyola by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ
Corboy room 202
Lunch provided
Register here
Teilhard Lecture: "The Subject of Public Religion"
Fr. Paddy Gilger, SJ
7:00-8:30 PM in McCormick Lounge
Sponsored by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage
Register and learn more here
Friday, November 10, 2023
Ignatian Heritage Month Women's Volleyball Match Against Rhode Island
6:00 PM in Gentile Arena
Cosponsored by Athletics and the Division of Mission Integration
Get tickets here
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Care for Our Common Home: Living Laudato Sí
Join colleagues from across Loyola to discuss Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical on Ecology, Laudato si’, and engage your own vision for a personal “integral ecology”. Led by Director for Ignatian Spirituality, Lauren Schwer, and Director of Sustainability, Aaron Durnbaugh, this session will explore the Encyclical and our personal opportunities for sustainability and mission.
10:00 AM-11:00 AM online
Cosponsored by the School of Environmental Sustainability and the Division of Mission Integration
Register here
Thursday, November 16, 2023
12:00 PM and 5:15 PM Mass at Madonna della Strada Chapel
Martyrs Award Ceremony, Mass, Reception
During Ignatian Heritage Month, the Loyola community comes together to reflect and act on the Jesuit mission of service. One of those is the Martyrs Award Presentation and Memorial Mass. Given in honor of the slain Salvadoran martyrs and their commitment to service and social justice, the Martyrs Award commemorates a worthy faith-based organization or individual. Join us in celebrating year's recipient, Taller de José.
4:00 PM Ceremony in McCormick Lounge
5:15 PM Mass at Madonna della Strada Chapel
6:15 PM Reception in McCormick Lounge
Fast Facts
50+
Jesuits live at Loyola
69
Centers and Institutes advancing the mission of Loyola University Chicago
28
Jesuit colleges and universities in our association, including St. John College in Belize City, Belize
$200,000
awarded to faith-based community organizations advancing a vision for gospel justice articulated by the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador
“Let us make this immense richness a patrimony to improve contribution to the common good of humanity, struggling to make this world a home reconciled in justice.” Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Address to the International Association of Jesuit Universities, August 2022
Resources
Calendar of Events
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
All Saints Day
12:00 PM and 5:15 PM Mass at Madonna della Strada Chapel
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Centering our Centers
“The Jesuit Educational Mission”
Flavio Bravo BA ‘16
To find out more about this university-wide program and to register, click here
Sunday, November 5, 2023
Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus
10:30 AM and 9:00 PM Mass at Madonna della Strada Chapel
Monday, November 6, 2023
A Busy Adjuncts Retreat
An online, self-paced retreat open to all LUC part time faculty. Participants commit to weekly prayer, reflection, and spiritual direction. Mission Integration will provide prayer resources and spiritual direction introductions.
Register here
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Lakeshore Campus Book Club
The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditations with Ignatius of Loyola by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ
Cuneo Hall room 417 from 12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch provided
Register here
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Loyola 201: Partners in Mission (WTC)
Working together with the Department of Human Resources, Mission Integration convenes Loyola 201: Partners in Mission, an orientation for new staff. The purpose of the orientations is to acquaint or reacquaint new members of the Loyola community with the history and goals of Jesuit higher education so that they may appreciate and incorporate an understanding of the university's mission into their roles at the university.
9:00 AM-12:00 PM in Regents Hall (16th floor of Lewis Towers), WTC
Register here
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Water Tower Campus Book Club
The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditations with Ignatius of Loyola by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ
Corboy room 202
Lunch provided
Register here
Teilhard Lecture: "The Subject of Public Religion"
Fr. Paddy Gilger, SJ
7:00-8:30 PM in McCormick Lounge
Sponsored by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage
Register and learn more here
Friday, November 10, 2023
Ignatian Heritage Month Women's Volleyball Match Against Rhode Island
6:00 PM in Gentile Arena
Cosponsored by Athletics and the Division of Mission Integration
Get tickets here
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Care for Our Common Home: Living Laudato Sí
Join colleagues from across Loyola to discuss Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical on Ecology, Laudato si’, and engage your own vision for a personal “integral ecology”. Led by Director for Ignatian Spirituality, Lauren Schwer, and Director of Sustainability, Aaron Durnbaugh, this session will explore the Encyclical and our personal opportunities for sustainability and mission.
10:00 AM-11:00 AM online
Cosponsored by the School of Environmental Sustainability and the Division of Mission Integration
Register here
Thursday, November 16, 2023
12:00 PM and 5:15 PM Mass at Madonna della Strada Chapel
Martyrs Award Ceremony, Mass, Reception
During Ignatian Heritage Month, the Loyola community comes together to reflect and act on the Jesuit mission of service. One of those is the Martyrs Award Presentation and Memorial Mass. Given in honor of the slain Salvadoran martyrs and their commitment to service and social justice, the Martyrs Award commemorates a worthy faith-based organization or individual. Join us in celebrating year's recipient, Taller de José.
4:00 PM Ceremony in McCormick Lounge
5:15 PM Mass at Madonna della Strada Chapel
6:15 PM Reception in McCormick Lounge