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 | 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...