by Vanessa Gorra | Aug 24, 2026 | Discernment in Common
The Society of Jesus in the Philippines, through its Center for Ignatian Spirituality (CIS), conducted a training for facilitators of discernment in common in early August at the Jaime Cardinal Sin Center of the Loyola School of Theology. The four-day programme drew...
by Vanessa Gorra | May 27, 2026 | Conference, Discernment in Common
I attended two meetings at the Seven Fountains Retreat House in Chiang Mai, Thailand during the first two weeks of May. The first was the annual meeting of the Ignatian Spirituality Network (ISN) of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) hosted by the Australian...
by Vanessa Gorra | Feb 10, 2026 | Retreat Houses and Spirituality Centres
The Loyola Hall Research and Spirituality Centre (LHRSC) in Lahore offers retreats, spiritual direction, and formation programmes that invite reflection, prayer, and discernment inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola. The centre’s mission is to help...
by Vanessa Gorra | Jan 28, 2026 | Conference, Discernment in Common, Spiritual Exercises
Second of two parts (Read part 1) Forming facilitators of discernment in common does not mean merely providing a toolkit of knowledge and skills – the “how-to” and “what-to-do”. Equally important is a “being-kit”, one’s interior disposition and way of being. Called to...
by Vanessa Gorra | Jan 7, 2026 | Conference, Discernment in Common
First of two parts On 23 November, I arrived at the Centro de Espiritualidad San Ignacio – Jesuitas Salamanca in Spain for the first stage of what would be a three-year initiative to form experts in Discernment in Common. Ignite the Way was an event I had been looking...
