Walking Around in the Gospel- An Evening of Ignatian Prayer

People often regard prayer as an escape from our senses, a switching off of the flow of perceptions that set our minds and bodies into motion. Yet Ignatian Spirituality embraces our senses as avenues of God's self-communication to us, and of our engagement with God. This prayer workshop will be a guided meditation that uses our imagination to activate our senses in order to "enter into" the Gospel and let the Holy Spirit guide the events and graces of the prayer. Newcomers and inquirers into Ignatian Spirituality as well as those long experienced will equally feel at home in this workshop. 

Presenter: John Pignone, S.J. (Jesuit scholastic studying at the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley). 

John Pignone, S.J. is a Jesuit scholastic currently studying at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. John's connection with the Society of Jesus began as a student at Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C. Before entering the Jesuit novitiate he spent many years in the U.S. Marine Corps., and then working in secondary education as a teacher and administrator. Immediately prior to coming to Berkeley, he was a theology teacher at Xavier High School in New York City. Practicing, studying and sharing Ignatian Spirituality is his passion and joy. 

This is a free event and donations are welcome. RSVPs requested at: www.saintagnessf.org/islc-events.