Spiritual Conversation

Web Posted: September 29, 2003

An important element in Ignatian spirituality is the engagement of spiritual conversation with others – the conscious effort to talk about our lives and work at a deep and sincere level, in the context of the God who loves us.   In the rush of our hectic schedules, taking time for such spiritual conversation can be a challenge.   Even when we do set aside time for discussions about mission and the “big picture” at Marquette, it can be difficult to know where to begin.    It is really for this purpose – the jump-starting of our spiritual conversations about mission in the university -- that the magazine Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education was founded.

 

Established in 1992 by the National Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education, the semiannual magazine encourages serious conversations on the nature of Jesuit higher education and ways in which all who participate in that mission may better achieve it. Each issue centers on a theme selected by members of the National Seminar. Recent issues have examined mission and identity, urban education, service learning, core curricula, hiring for mission, and the role of intercollegiate athletics at Jesuit institutions.   The printed magazine is distributed to faculty, administrators, and staff of all twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S., and our own Dr. Ed Block, Professor of English, currently serves as editor.

 

Conversations is also available online.