Crossroads: The ISP Blog
“After the Cannonball” Reflection #3: Turn your life over
by Vinita Hampton Wright Step 3: We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. One of the most freeing discoveries to make is that “God” is beyond our names and definitions. No name or description could ever...
“After the Cannonball” Reflection #2: A power greater than ourselves
by Vinita Hampton Wright Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. For each person, the experience is different. A young man holds his just-born baby and suddenly understands that there is Something, Someone who...
“After the Cannonball” Reflection #1: A point of powerlessness
by Vinita Hampton Wright Step 1: We admitted we were powerless—that our lives had become unmanageable. We live in a culture that idolizes power. All around us is a power game, whether in politics or our block of the neighborhood. We see people grabbing for...
“After the Cannonball”: Summer Guest Reflection Series
We are nearing the end of the Ignatian Year: the 500th anniversary of the cannonball that struck Ignacio de Loyola which transformed his life and set him on a new journey with God and his companions. In honor of this anniversary year, we commissioned a special...
“I yearn for this group”: Spiritual reflection sessions grow exponentially
As we continue to make our way back from COVID, our ongoing spiritual reflection sessions continue to be the strength of ISP programs. These hour-long reflections, often embedded inside a shelter or social service agency, provide ongoing pastoral support to...
New COVID policy updates, March 2022
ISP has updated our Covid-19 policy, effective March 15, 2022. As pastoral representatives of the Ignatian Spirituality Project charged with ensuring the health and safety of our community and participants, all ISP volunteers are required to be fully vaccinated prior...
Updated COVID protocol regarding vaccination
As of January 17, 2022, during this highly contagious strain of Omicron virus, all volunteers and participants must be vaccinated in order to engage in indoor spiritual reflection sessions. (As of August 2021, all volunteers and participants in overnight retreats must...
Update regarding January programs
We've been watching the COVID-19 case counts very closely here at the Network office. It’s clear that the contagiousness of the Omicron variant, even to those individuals vaccinated and boosted, is extremely high. In an effort to keep ISP participants and volunteers...
Homeless Persons’ Memorial Prayer
For over a decade, the Ignatian Spirituality Project in Chicago, along with Old. St. Patrick's Church, Harmony, Hope & Healing, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and Franciscan Outreach, gathered around the longest night of the year to host the Homeless Persons’...
Overnight retreats are back!
On a sunny August weekend, ISP's Louisville men's team was able to hold one of the first in-person retreats since the pandemic began. Fifteen participants and six team members joined at beautiful Mount St. Francis for a chance to opportunity to share their stories,...
