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Magis participants are lay men and women who have been working
for at least two years in ministries sponsored by the Society of
Jesus and desire developing a deeper familiarity with the Ignatian
charism. The program team amd seminar presenters are fellow lay
and Jesuit colleagues drawn from the Jesuit ministries of the Maryland
Province.
The Magis Program is a structured and creative way for people who
work in Jesuit ministries to more deeply engage in Ignatian spirituality,
learn about the Jesuit Mission and Way of Proceeding, and meet other
committed lay colleagues from the many and varied works of the Maryland
Province. The eighteen month program consists of four seminars,
a retreat, regualr reading, personal reflection and prayer.
GOALS: Formation in Ignatian Spirituality, mission and methodology
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| Process: Four day-and-half
Seminars
A Four and half day retreat
With Lay and Jesuit Colleagues
Over 18 months
On-going reading, prayer, and conversation
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| Topics:
Ignatius the Layman
The Christ of the Exercises
A Faith that Does Justice
Partnership: Life in Community for Kingdom
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| Retreat: "Ignatian Leadership for Mission"
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Seminar 1 |
Ignatius the Layman |
Origins |
• “The shot heard down
the centuries”: Wounded in battle, Facing a crisis
• Background: Family, Social situation, Youth and up-bringing,
Life expectations
• A radical turn-about: Convalescence, Day dreams,
Feelings, Identity crisis, Being
grasped and grounded
• The Pilgrim: To Montserrat, To Manresa, To Jerusalem,
To Paris, To Rome
• Sharing his experience: The Spiritual Exercises,
The Examen, Companions “in the Lord
• ALL AS A LAYMAN
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Seminar 2 |
The Christ of the Exercises |
From Warrior to Loving Laborer |
• Co-Warrior: The military “King”
and the qualities of Ignatius’ relationship to him, The
nature of the battle. What such a battle requires of a warrior,
Ignatius’ pledge of fealty
• Christ: the incarnate God – calling for companions:
From the manger to the Cross: unfolding steps, Christ’s
Rising as Re-birth: he in us and we in him, Pentecost and
beyond
• Co-Laborer: God as “one who labors,”
the Giver of ALL good gifts, Love is shown more in deeds than
words, Love invites reciprocation: mutual self-giving, Discovering
and serving with the Living Lord
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Seminar 3 |
A Faith That Does Justice |
"Our Mission Today" (GC 32) |
• “No Man is an Island”:
Human solidarity, “The Church in the World” –
Vatican II, “The Faith That Does Justice” -
GC 32-34
• FAITH: We believe we are: All children of God, Sisters
and brothers of Christ and each other, One family called to
be KINGDOM of God
• JUSTICE: “Fidelity to the demands of our relationships”:
to God, one another, and all of nature, to people of every
faith, in every culture, “hearing and heeding the cry
of the poor”
• ON IGNATIAN MISSION: “Our Way of Proceeding”
(Decree 26, GC 34), In all we do |
Seminar 4 |
Partnership: |
| Life in Community for the Kingdom |
| • My Giftedness: Experience of
myself as “gift” to myself from others, Who are
the givers, when and how and why?, Gratitude to the Givers expressed
in deed more than word (Contemplatio)
• Sharing myself and my gifts in gratitude with others:
What gifts? – shared with whom? How shared and why?
• Forming a community of sharers: As blood family,
As Christ’s Church, As Ignatian Partners (Lay and Jesuit)
on Mission, As Kingdom To Come
• Dedicated to the MAGIS: “Ever More”:
Imaginative, daring, generous, compassionate, We ARE “Magis
People”
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RETREAT |
Ignatian Leadership for Mission:
A Retreat Asking for Four Graces
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| “A leader serves others by helping
them become a community of servers of others,” Jesus said
by his foot washing at the Last Supper.
• Day 1: A leader feels and helps others feel GRATITUDE
for all the gifts and givers that make them who they are.
• Day 2: A leader feels and helps others regret their
collaboration with ingratitude and egocentricity – rejoicing
in God’s HEALING touch.
• Day 3: A leader listens for and helps others hear
Christ’s CALL “in the cry of
the poor” and the needs of our world.
• Day 4: A leader assists others to decide how they
will join together, with God and one another in CO-LABORING
for the coming of the Kingdom
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Click here to download a pdf version
of the Program Description.
For more information, contact Magis at (443) 921-1337
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