Document Type
Praxis
Abstract
Each year the Ignatian Colleagues Program, the premier leadership development program of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), takes its participants on three or four different immersions throughout the world. The purpose of these immersions, framed through Ignatian spirituality and pedagogy, is to more deeply understand a “faith that does justice” and the meaning of Ignatian leadership. The inspiration for this approach comes directly from the life of St. Ignatius and the central role his own encounter with the poor played in his conversion and development as a person. This article summarizes the background, preparation, immersion, reflection and return to the U.S. of ICP participants. It hopes to draw a clear connection between the “school of the poor” and Ignatian leadership as servant-leadership based on faith, hope and love.
Recommended Citation
Kelly, Thomas
(2019)
"Ignatian Colleagues Program Immersions: Formation in the ‘School of the Poor’,"
Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal: Vol. 8:
No.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol8/iss2/8
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