Crossroads: The ISP Blog
Still Becoming
This fall, our women’s team in Detroit chose “Still Becoming” as the theme of their retreat. It is the title of a poem by Angie, an ISP alum in Detroit and one of our new Ambassadors of Hope. She wrote it on Aug. 31 and said yes to our sharing it. The photo is from...
Forty Retreats of Hope and Healing at Manresa
On Tuesday, Oct. 20, a bus from Bridge House, a treatment program that has served New Orleans for more than 65 years, pulled through the white fence and gates of Manresa House of Retreats in Convent, Louisiana. The men on board were not sure what they had signed up...
No One Heals Alone: Six Movements on the Journey of Recovery
What recovery teaches is something all of us need to learn: how to heal and begin again. “No One Heals Alone” follows six movements on the journey of recovery, told by the people who have walked them, with what the spiritual traditions and the science say alongside each one.
“And I thought, yes, ISP!”
“And I thought, yes, ISP!” After retiring from a lifetime of ministry, Jean Thoresen found her people, and set about rebuilding ISP’s Twin Cities community one phone call at a time.
Step Into The Circle: A Friday Night of Dancing, Stories, and Community in Detroit
Thirty-five people stepped into the Commons at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School on May 8 for an evening of square dancing, storytelling, and the kind of joy and connection that lives at the heart of every ISP retreat.
“We’re Here to Walk Each Other Home”: Inside Company of Grace 2026
Inside Company of Grace 2026: the fireside conversation with Fr. Tim McCabe, Christine Haley, and ISP Ambassadors of Hope, plus the 2026 Award.
Donor Spotlight: Love From Heaven and Earth
Former board member Betty Collins shares why she donates to the Ignatian Spirituality Project — and how ISP helps people move from shame to acceptance.
The Ignatian Family on the Boston Common: Walking to End Homelessness
For the first time, ISP walked at Boston Winter Walk — and more than 100 people from schools, parishes, retreat centers, and volunteer programs showed up together.
Where the Margins Meet the Classroom
Ignatian spirituality is supposed to be lived. ISP alumni are walking into Jesuit high school classrooms and showing students what that looks like, carried by their own experience of recovery, faith, and community.
Kindle the Fire: Join Us for Company of Grace 2026
Company of Grace 2026 takes over a glass-blowing studio in Chicago’s West Loop on April 23. A fireside conversation on spiritual recovery, featuring Illinois’ Chief Homelessness Officer, the leader of a $40M housing campus, and ISP’s Ambassadors of Hope. In-person and free livestream options available.

