The Ignatian Spiritual Journey
Megan Shepherd on the life and conversion of St. Ignatius.
July 2017
Echo Alumni Interviews: Michele Chronister
In celebration of the graduation of Echo 12 on Saturday July 29, 2017, Church Life featured interviews with select Echo alumni. This interview is with Michele Chronister, of Echo 6. Michele served as an Echo apprentice at the parish of&#...
Echo Alumni Interviews: Sophie Lorenzo
In celebration of the graduation of Echo 12 on Saturday July 29, 2017, Church Life featured interviews with select Echo alumni. This interview is with Sophie (Jacobucci) Lorenzo, of Echo 9. Sophie served as an Echo apprentice at the pari...
Echo Alumni Interviews: Beth Franzosa
In celebration of the graduation of Echo 12 on Saturday July 29, 2017, Church Life featured interviews with select Echo alumni. Today's interview is with Beth Franzosa, of Echo 2. During Echo, Beth served at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish...
Echo Alumni Interviews: Michelle Ross
In celebration of the graduation of Echo 12 on Saturday July 29, 2017, Church Life featured interviews with select Echo alumni. This interview is with Michelle Ross, of Echo 10, who served as an apprentice for the Archdiocese of Galvesto...
Symposia Recap: Summer at the MICL
South Bend is not widely known for its beautiful weather. But summer in South Bend blesses the hardy natives, who patiently bear the brunt of the harsh winters, with a welcome respite, and impresses visitors with stunning skies straight ...
Announcing: Cultures of Formation, a Pre-Synod Conference
McGrath Institute for Church Life presents a Pre-Synod Conference: Cultures of Formation: Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment March 5–7, 2018 The 2018 Vatican synod dedicated to “young…
An Interview with Rev. Stephen Giannini
The following interview with Rev. Stephen Giannini, of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, appears in conjunction with the second annual John M. D'Arcy Program in Priestly Renewal at the McGrath Institute for Church life on Notre Dame's Cam...
Priestly Renewal at Notre Dame
While John Paul II is perhaps best known for his role in the collapse of the Communist bloc in Eastern Europe or for what is popularly referred to as the “Theology of the Body,” the case can be made that his Apostolic Exhorta...
Learning to Behold
Our efforts to keep up with such a fast-paced world can result in a real poverty of presence - presence to one another, presence to ourselves, and presence to God. We are tempted to live in an idealistic future, in the days of our past, ...
Summer Symposia Recap: Forming the Person as Icon
In late June, the Center for Liturgy of the McGrath Institute for Church Life facilitated a summer symposium designed to creatively explore the senses of Scripture. Drawing from Sofia Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi's Catechesis of the Good ...
Formed in Wonder, Love, and Praise
If you were to survey members of a Roman Catholic congregation as they exited the church after Sunday Mass by asking what facet of the celebration made the greatest impact on them that day for good or for ill, odds are high that many of ...
Saying God Sacramentally
My God my bright abyss Into which all my longing will not go Once more I come to the edge of all I know And believing nothing believe in this: Christian Wiman begins his memoir of faith, My Bright Abyss, with the above poem. The short...
A Process of Evangelization in San Miguel of Guatemala
This essay makes a contribution to the sociology of evangelism or evangelization by first clarifying the basic concepts of proselytism, church growth, conversion, and spiritual transformation. The essay will use the example of a Guatemal...