03 September 2015, The Tablet

Opening hearts and minds

by Denis Blackledge

 
Deepening a parish’s spirituality can be done in many ways. In one Jesuit church, small prayer groups were the groundwork, preparing the community for mission ST IGNATIUS Loyola, founder of the Jesuit religious order, had a knack of reaching out to individuals of all backgrounds with his ease of helping others to find God in all, not in spite of all. He did this through reflection on his own journey in faith, and his felt experience of the humanity of Jesus. He offered a variety of ways into personal prayer, not least his imaginative use of meeting Jesus in the Gospels. Corpus Christi parish in Bournemouth was established by the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, more than a century ago; and the spirituality of its parishioners is enhanced and developed by Ignatian spirituality. The st
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