Resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversity, is a very important quality to lead and thrive in our organizations, in particular in these VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) times that we are living, that have been magnified by the COVID pandemic....
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Course Participants Testimony
In this video, the Spanish Course participants share their testimonies about the Course, and in particular regarding the following topics: Discernment, Living Integrally, Synodality, and Tools for Synodality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5lDqT2wtX8
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...
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...
Apostolic Discernment in Common – Josep M. Rambla and Josep M. Lozano
This booklet is offered as an aid for reflection, prayer, and group study, trusting that they will help Jesuits and collaborators toward a deeper understanding of the apostolic discernment in common to which we are insistently called. The hope is that the booklet will endow individuals, communities, and apostolic teams with an Ignatian spirit that is ready to practice the apostolic discernment in common in order to respond effectively to the challenges of our historical moment.
Webinar: Ignatian Leadership and Discernment
Webinar offered by Discernment and Apostolic Planning office of the Jesuit General Curia in Rome.