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Rebuilding from Covid-19: Discerning Leadership Promotes a New Way for Re-enchanting the World
One of the notable things highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic is that the many decisions arising from it, whether pertaining to...
Massimo Faggioli – From Episcopal Collegiality to Ecclesial Synodality
Massimo Faggioli, Professor of Historical Theology at Villanova University in US, and author and columnist, offered a bright...
Course Participants Testimony
In this video, the Spanish Course participants share their testimonies about the Course, and in particular regarding the...
Card. Gianfranco Ravasi: A Culture of Synodality in the Church
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, offered a deep and very rich speech about...
English Course – 1st Module
The English version of the Program for Discerning Leadership was carried out this October from Monday 21st until Thursday 24th...
Spanish Course 1st Module – Press Coverage
The Spanish version of the Program for Discerning Leadership was carried out with 24 participants (11 women, 13 men) including...
English Course – 1st Module
The English version of the Program for Discerning Leadership was carried out this October from Monday 21st until Thursday 24th with 35 participants (16 women, 19 men) including 26 religious, 2 Diocesan Priests and 7 Laypeople. It was prepared to be run in person, but...
Spanish Course 1st Module – Press Coverage
The Spanish version of the Program for Discerning Leadership was carried out with 24 participants (11 women, 13 men) including 19 religious, 2 Diocesan Priests and 3 Laypeople. Thanks to the superb preparation and facilitation by our faculty from ESADE and Deusto...
1st Spanish Module – Press Release
“Top MBA schools collaborate with the Church leaders towards synodality” A course combining the best practices of contemporary leadership and management with the rich resources of Catholic spirituality takes place the week of 22nd – 25th September at the Jesuit...
Ignatian Coaches Network
In order to “Support the development of spiritually mature, discerning leaders who are capable of building a synodal Church”, we are setting up a Network of Ignatian Coaches who will be available to accompany and coach the diverse Church leaders who have taken part in...
Testimony of Sr. Pat Murray, ibvm
These past months have been very demanding ones as we watched the Covid-19 virus spreading across the world. Here in Italy, as in so many other places, we have seen the devastating effects as the numbers of infections and deaths rose daily. This pattern has continued...
Bishop Christophe Munzihirwa: witness to inner freedom and spiritual discernment
Rigobert Kyungu Musenge SJ recently defended his doctoral thesis at the Institute of Spirituality of the Gregorian University. His subject was Msgr. Christophe Munzihirwa, Jesuit Bishop of Bukavu, assassinated on 29 October 1996. More precisely, the aim was to...
Apostolic Planning in a time of Covid-19
In Asia Pacific, we seem to have entered a secondary phase in the Covid-19 crisis, which can perhaps be called a phase of ambivalent tensions. Whilst some countries have gotten over the steep curve of the pandemic, others are seeing ever-increasing numbers of cases,...
What is Ignatian leadership?
What is your gut reaction when you hear the word ‘leadership’? For some, it evokes a tug of responsibility. Others switch off immediately – ‘I’m not a leader of anything’ – or feel cynical: ‘Here we go again, corporate speak!’ For others still there is a personal...
Weekly inspiration: Making Choices in Christ Together
We know that one of the foundational elements of a synodal Church is the willingness and ability to together discern the unfolding will of God…
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What Leaders Can Learn From St. Ignatius [AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast]
We have never needed good leadership more than we need it right now. The COVID-19 pandemic is begging for excellent leadership in every sphere of life: Government at all levels, business, education, sports, all the way down to our own family systems. If you’re tasked...
Sarah Broscombe
Fr. David McCallum, S.J.
Discerning Leadership Team
Fr. Philip Endean S.J.
Jesuits Global
Fr. John Dardis, S.J.
Christina Kheng
Pat Murray, ibvm
Sandra Chaoul
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Robert J. Bies (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Professor of Management and Founder of the Executive Master’s in Leadership Program at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. In addition, Dr. Bies is a co-author of the book, Getting Even: The Truth About Workplace Revenge—And How to Stop It.