stay in love finding faith and justice beyond graduation sample Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way. life after graduation. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, It’s an adventure to say the least: heading out into the so-called real world to discover who you are and your place in the world. will affect everything. It will decide what will There’s also the checklist that comes with your twenties. Finding a job. Figuring out where you’re going to live. Going on dates. Making get you out of bed in the morning, student loan payments. You know, adulting. what you do with your evenings, As the demands pile up, the most formative moments from college can how you spend your weekends, often grow smaller in life’s rearview mirror: the powerful service trips, the friendships made in campus ministry, that Ignatian retreat where what you read, whom you know, you discerned a call to work for . whatsample breaks your heart, sample This booklet is designed to help you remember and stay and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. engaged. In these pages, you’ll learn about Jesuit parishes throughout Fall in Love, stay in love, the country. A wide range of renowned spiritual formation programs. Ways to volunteer and advocate for justice wherever you are. Commu- and it will decide everything. nity, growth, and service; these things will sustain you throughout these exciting years.

Pedro Arrupe, S.J. We hope this little book becomes a companion for you throughout the hard seasons. Even if that means finding a tattered copy at the bottom of a moving box after you’ve moved to your third apartment in as many years—perhaps in a city where you hardly know a soul, and college feels like forever ago.

If that happens, I hope that you’ll pick this up and know that you have friends in the Jesuit network who are nearby. That you’ll be reminded Visit igsol.net/StayInLove that true happiness comes from service to others, a faith that does for links to all of the institutions listed justice.

in this booklet and additional program Fall in love. Stay in love. It will decide everything. details and opportunities.

Christopher Kerr Executive Director, Ignatian Solidarity Network welcome St. Thomas Manor / nebraska St. Therese virginia St. Ignatius Mooresville, NC Port Tobacco, MD St. Benedict the Moor Sacred Heart find community St. Raphael the Archangel Omaha, NE Richmond, VA Jesuit parishes St. Raleigh, NC Woodstock, MD St. John’s Washington Omaha, NE Ohio massachusetts St. Mary’s Mission St. Chapel Omak, WA Arizona florida St. Ignatius new hampshire jesuit parishes Cincinnati, OH St. Gesu Chestnut Hill, MA mary and joseph St. Joseph Phoenix, AZ Miami, FL Salem, NH St. Francis Xavier Seattle, WA michigan Cincinnati, OH St. Aloysius california georgia St. Mary’s new mexico Gesu Spokane, WA University Heights, OH Blessed Sacrament st. thomas more Ann Arbor, MI St. Leo Hollywood, CA Decatur, GA Albuquerque, NM gesu pennsylvania Tacoma, WA Dolores Mission Detroit, MI illinois new york St. Rita Los Angeles, CA Old St. Joseph’s Sts. Peter and Paul , PA Tacoma, WA St. Procopius St. Michael’s St. Patrick’s Detroit, MI Chicago, IL Buffalo, NY St. Joseph’s Oakland, CA rhode island Yakima, WA Minnesota St. Aloysius St. Ignatius Loyola louisiana New York, NY St. Charles Borromeo Sacramento, CA St. Thomas More Woonsocket, RI St. Charles Borromeo Washington, D.C. sampleSaint Paul, MN St. Francissample Xavier Our Lady of Guadalupe Grand Coteau, LA Holy Trinity New York, NY San Diego, CA south dakota Washington, D.C. Holy Name of Missouri St. Ignatius Loyola Holy Rosary Mission St. Agnes New Orleans, LA St. Francis Xavier New York, NY Pine Ridge, SD Wisconsin San Francisco, CA Immaculate Conception Kansas City, MO St. Anthony’s St. Isaac Jogues Gesu St. Ignatius New Orleans, LA St Francis Xavier (College) Oceanside, NY Rapid City, SD Milwaukee, WI San Francisco, CA Louis, MO maine St. Mary of the St. Francis Mission Our Lady of Guadalupe Most Holy Trinity St. Matthew Assumption+Our Lady of Mt. Saint Francis, SD Milwaukee, WI San Jose, CA our lady of hope Carmel+Benedicta Saint Louis, MO St. Patrick’s Portland, ME Staten Island, NY texas montana Milwaukee, WI maryland Sacred Heart St. Ignatius Loyola north carolina St. Francis Xavier El Paso, TX St. Ignatius , CO Missoula, MT St. Peter’s Baltimore, MD Charlotte, NC Our Lady of Guadalupe San Antonio, TX

Visit igsol.net/StayInLove for links and additional details. Visit igsol.net/StayInLove for links and additional details. jesuit parishes local new jersey Program RENEW loyola house of retreats grow Seattle, WA Morristown, NJ Magis: Alumni Living JESUIT RETREAT HOUSES/sPIRITUALITY CENTERS jesuit post-grad formation opportunities the Mission is dedicated to Ignatian leadership There are numerous online Ignatian spirituality Tip: Ohio and spiritual formation programs available at igsol.net/StayInLove. Jesuit spiritual center national/REGIONAL faculty members in beyond college, and Jesuit middle and high empowers Jesuit alumni our lady of the oaks retreat house Milford, OH california solidarity on tap schools throughout to create a more just Grand Coteau, LA jesuit retreat house Solidarity on Tap Denver, Kansas City, and humane world. jesuit retreat center of los altos Parma, OH invites young alumni and Saint Louis. Jesuit spirituality center Jesuit Young Adults and Los Altos, CA and FJVs to gather in Members of ASC live Grand Coteau, LA Professionals local bars around the in community. loyola institute for spirituality Oregon U.S. for socializing New Orleans, LA Charis Ministries Orange, CA maryland and a talk related to Sharing faith, friend- spiritual exercises in everyday life Jesuit retreat experienc- ship & social justice Portland, OR the Jesuit network and ignatian spiritual life center loyola retreat house social justice. es for those in their 20s throughout the Jesuits San Francisco, CA Faulkner, MD and 30s. Central and Southern pennsylvania Province and beyond. Loyola Club For more than 50 years colorado massachusetts bellarmine retreat center Jesuit Connection the Jesuit Volunteer Cleveland, OH; Sacred heart jesuit retreat house eastern point retreat house Blue Ridge Summit, PA Corps has engaged Detroit, MI; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA Sedalia, CO Gloucester, MA brave young believers Pittsburgh, PA; Jesuit Connection jesuit center in vital service within Washington, DC plans for liturgy, service georgia campion renewal center Wernersville, PA poor communities, Gatherings of Jesuit and social networking Weston, MA fostering the growth of institution alumni and programs or events for friends for a networking young adults (20s and ignatiussample house retreat center south dakota leaders samplecommitted to lunch and speaker from 30s) who have either Atlanta, GA faith in action. michigan sioux spiritual center the Jesuit network. graduated from Jesuit jesuit volunteer corps institutions or have manresa jesuit retreat house Howes, SD illinois northwest Contemplative Leaders in other experiences with Bloomfield Hills, MI Action Jesuit Volunteer Corps Jesuit teachings and Bellarmine jesuit retreat house texas Washington, DC; New values. jesuit retreat houses/spirituality centers jesuit retreat (JVC) Northwest re- Barrington, IL Minnesota sponds to local commu- York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; montserrat jesuit retreat house Boston, MA casa romero renewal center Lake Dallas, TX nity needs in the Pacific iowa demontreville jesuit retreat house Northwest by placing Using the cohort Milwaukee, WI Lake Elmo, MN volunteers who provide model, Contemplative Casa Romero Renewal creighton university retreat center washington value-centered service Leaders in Action Center is an urban, Griswold, IA Missouri grounded in the Jesuit (CLA) is a two-year multicultural, and bilin- ignatian spirituality center Catholic tradition. faith formation and gual spirituality center louisiana ignatian spirituality center Seattle, WA leadership development whose programs and Kansas City, MO alumni service corps program rooted in the retreats offer formation spiritual exercises in everyday life Alumni Service Corps Spiritual Exercises. for youth and adults, manresa house of retreats strengthen families, and Convent, LA white house jesuit retreat center Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA volunteers serve for Saint Louis, MO a year as volunteer build community in the Ignatian tradition.

Visit igsol.net/StayInLove for links and additional details. Visit igsol.net/StayInLove for links and additional details. opportunities formation massachusetts Hills and Spring Grove Village neigh- California borhoods of Cincinnati. serve Matthew 25 Homeboy Industries Worcester, MA south dakota ministries jesuit-affiliated social ministries Los Angeles, CA Matthew 25 is a non-profit organization Homeboy Industries provides hope, that provides housing relief to those in Holy Rosary Mission training, and support to formerly need. Pine Ridge, SD national gang-involved and previously incarcer- Holy Rosary Mission Parish is located ated men and women, allowing them to michigan on and serves the Lakota people of the Ignatian Spirituality Project redirect their lives and become contrib- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. uting members of our community. 27 cities nationwide Francis Center Saint Francis Mission Founded in 1998 by Fr. Bill Creed, SJ, Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative the Ignatian Spirituality Project has Detroit, MI Saint Francis, SD Los Angeles, CA offered retreats based on the Spiritual The Center is a Saint Francis Mission is a ministry of Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative (JRJI) Exercises to hundreds of homeless men multi-dimension service center that the Jesuits among the 20,000 Lakota strives to heal broken relationships with and women. provides amenities, including showers, (Sioux) people on the Rosebud Indian those who are incarcerated and their laundry and food, and other forms of Reservation. cristo rey schools network families as well as victims of crime and assistance for those experiencing home- their families through prayer, education, 30 cities nationwide lessness. The Center is connected both and advocacy. The Cristo Rey Network comprises physically and in its mission to Saints texas Peter and Paul Jesuit Church. 30 Catholic, college preparatory high Proyecto Pastoral schools for underrepresented urban centro pastoral Los Angeles, CA youth. Through rigorous academics, El Paso, TX Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission new york coupled with real world work experi- Centro Pastrol provides multi-level adult is a community building organization ence, Cristo Rey students graduate high education classes focused on the GED, whose mission is to provide training, Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia school prepared for success in college ESL, citizenship, and computer literacy. education, and social services with the New York, NY and in life. Pico-Aliso/Boyle Heights district of The Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia sampleEast Los Angeles. is dedicatedsample to putting faith into action, virginia nativity schools promoting social justice, through dy- 19 cities nationwide namic collaborations and needs-based Sacred Heart Center Nativity schools provide a unique, faith- louisiana initiatives, in service to the communities Richmond, VA based middle school education that of Northern Manhattan. breaks the cycle of poverty in under- harry thompson center The Sacred Heart Center focuses on served communities across America. helping the Latino community succeed New Orleans, LA xavier mission through adult education and support Following the vision of Fr. Harry New York, NY programs. arizona Thompson, the non-profit ministers to Xavier Mission is the community persons experiencing homelessness in outreach organization operating out of Kino Border Initiative downtown New Orleans. the Church of St. Francis Xavier in the washington, D.C. Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Nogales, AZ cafe reconcile The Father McKenna Center The Kino Border Initiative (KBI) is a New Orleans, LA Washington, D.C. binational organization that works in Cafe Reconcile addresses generational ohio the area of migration and is located in The McKenna Center operates in the poverty, violence, and neglect in the basement of St. Aloysius Church year- Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, New Orleans area through an Claver Jesuit Ministry Mexico. KBI seeks to help make a hu- round, providing food, counseling and innovative life skills and job training Cincinnati, OH emergency assistance to those in need. mane, just, workable migration between program for at-risk youth. Claver Jesuit Ministry aims at develop- the U.S. and Mexico a reality. ing a pastoral presence in the Winton

Visit igsol.net/StayInLove for links and additional details. Visit igsol.net/StayInLove for links and additional details. ministries advocate focal areas amplifying your voice for others In collaboration with the National Advocacy Office of the Jesuit Conference, ISN has identified five priority advocacy areas. Throughout the year, we offer oppor- Advocacy offers us an opportunity to bring the realities of our sisters and tunities for the Ignatian network to join us in advocating on these issues through brothers facing injustice throughout the world to those who hold positions legislative meetings, phone calls, letter writing, and e-mailed action alerts. of power in our government.

Jesuits identified the important role that advocacy can play during their You are encouraged to sign up for our action alerts list online to be alerted when 35th : advocacy efforts are critically needed to help pass or block legislation related to these issues. Priority issues include: “The complexity of the problems we face and the richness of the advocacy/solidarity opportunities offered demand that we engage in building bridges between rich and poor and establishing advocacy links of mutual support between those who hold political power and those who find it difficult to voice their interests.” central environmental criminal economic immigration justice Establishing and nurturing relationships with your elected officials plays a america justice justice crucial role in the Ignatian Solidarity Network and our partners’ efforts to respond to unjust structures that exist within society today. When members of Congress know their constituents care about various issues, they are more likely to vote accordingly. jesuit advocacy One way to build a relationship is to schedule a visit to your Congressper- son at their office, either in-district or in Washington, D.C. Every senator national advocacy office of the jesuit conference and representative has an office—often multiple offices—in their home Washington, D.C. - The Jesuit Conference maintains a national advocacy office in the United states.sample Visits to in-district offices are an impactful way to speak, neighbor to States, which aimssample to educate and inform legislators, public officials, and multinational corpo- neighbor, with representatives and their staffs and let them know why and rations on issues of importance affecting the Jesuit mission and Catholic faith. how the laws and policies pertaining to what you are advocating for impact your community. Visits to D.C. offices are an opportunity to