Loyola Jesuit Center, Morristown, NJ
Loyola Weekly Newsletter
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February 24, 2022 | Issue #8
Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
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Christmas seems only a short while ago and yet we are already heading into Lent. We are having our annual Ash Wednesday Day of Prayer [led by Tom Marciniak, S.J.] and already we have 50 people signed up for it. There’s still room if you want to join us.
Speaking of large numbers, we hope to welcome our largest group since Covid began this weekend. The Father Shealy Group has reserved 65 rooms and another 8 will attend virtually. It will be the first time since I arrived in 2020 to see the house operating the way it used to. I hope and pray that we will have many more large groups this year.
Please save the date of June 16th for our Evening in the Gardens event. As in the past, we will choose raffle winners at the event. You should be getting invitations to purchase tickets in the next several weeks.
Although it is still some distance off, we are already planning for our Golf Outing on the 10th of October, Columbus Day. I’m delighted to tell you that Jim & Colette Mongey [of Morristown’s Dublin Pub fame] will be our honorees. The fact that I’m Irish and that last year’s honoree, Desi Lloyd, and the Mongeys are also Irish is nothing but a strange co-incidence!
--Paul Brian Campbell, S.J., Director
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Loyola Jesuit Center will offer Mass commemorating the 400th anniversary of the canonizations of both St. Ignatius Loyola, S.J. & St. Francis Xavier, S.J.
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We will join the closing Mass for the Retreat Weekend March 11th - 13th & celebrate with the Jesuit Community at Loyola the momentous occasion of the 400th anniversary of the canonization of both St.Ignatius & St. Francis Xavier. Please consider joining us for this Signature Ignatian Year Event. |
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Celebrating the Graduates of Jesuit Colleges & Universities
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Mass will be offered in St. Katherine's Chapel to celebrate the graduates of Jesuit Colleges & Universities. Please join Loyola in this Ignatian Year celebration.
If you are a graduate of a Jesuit College or University or if someone you know has been Jesuit educated please consider attending or inviting anyone to attend this very special Mass celebrated at Loyola during the Ignatian Year. All are welcome!
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There is no suggested Free Will Offering for these two Ignatian Year Masses, however you are always welcome to donate to Loyola. We ask that you will RSVP so we can have an idea of how many will be attending. Thank you.
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Sunday, April 10 - Sunday, April 17, 2022
Retreat includes individual daily meeting with a spiritual director, daily Mass, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Sacrament of the Sick, and plenty of time for private prayer. Retreatants should arrive after 4:00pm on Palm Sunday; departure after breakfast Easter Sunday, around 10:00am.
Reconciliation
Thursday – 3:00pm
Solemn Liturgies
Holy Thursday – 7:30pm
Good Friday – 3:00pm
Easter Vigil – 8:00pm
Easter Sunday – 7:30am
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Wednesday, April 13 - Sunday, April 17, 2022
During these holiest days of the Christian year we enter more deeply into the saving events that have given us abundant new life in Christ. In an atmosphere of retreat silence there will be presentations for your prayer and reflection. We will celebrate the liturgies of Holy Week as a community of Easter faith. There will be an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation as well as an invitation to walk the outdoor Stations of the Cross. What wondrous love is this!!! Retreatants should arrive after 4:00pm on the Wednesday before Easter; departure after breakfast Easter Sunday, around 10:00am.
Reconciliation
Thursday – 3:00pm
Solemn Liturgies
Holy Thursday – 7:30pm
Good Friday – 3:00pm
Easter Vigil – 8:00pm
Easter Sunday – 7:30am
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A directed retreat is an individually guided silent prayer experience in which the retreatant follows the dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius while listening for God’s personal word spoken through the Sacred Scriptures.
The retreat begins with dinner at 6pm and ends after breakfast and Mass on the last day, approximately 10am. The retreat includes individual daily meeting with a Spiritual Director, daily Mass, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Sacrament of the Sick and plenty of time for private prayer.
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Preached retreats consist of individuals who are on their own personal retreat, but are given group talks by a retreat director each day to prepare and orient them for their own prayer and reflection. They follow the themes of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
Preached retreats include daily Mass, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Sacrament of the Sick and plenty of time for private prayer. Loyola offers preached retreats during Holy Week and in the summer. Preached retreats are open to all without prior experience of spiritual direction.
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Catholic Social Teaching is celebrated & lives here at Loyola
News Release: Loyola Jesuit Center is hosting the “Just Faith” program on Catholic Social Teaching this Spring.
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The “Just Faith” series is grounded in Catholic social teaching. One of the first programs is “Faith and Poverty: A Biblical Response,” which guides participants in exploring the Gospel’s call to respond to poverty in our communities, nation and world, and equipping participants with practical tools to take action in effective and sustainable ways.
“Faith and Poverty: A Biblical Response” consists of eight 2-hour sessions, a one-day retreat and an immersion experience. Loyola already has an established group of 12, which is the recommended number, who will meet throughout this Spring.
Fr. Kirk Reynolds, S.J. will facilitate the program along with the leadership team of Jake McCarthy & Meredith Liddy.
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The founder of Just Faith Ministries, Jack Jezreel, says: “JustFaith Ministries was birthed in the effort to invite and prepare people of faith for the life-changing and world-changing call of the Gospel to help heal the world and, in so doing, experience a deeper faith, a more fulfilling life, and a community of care and vitality. … Catholic social teaching is still a best kept secret. At the core of gospel teaching is a beckon that opens people’s hearts to recognize their kinship and to respond to each other’s needs with heartfelt compassion, generosity, and care.”
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The Mission of JustFaith Ministries, “a nonprofit organization, forms, informs, and transforms people of faith by offering programs and resources that sustain them in their compassionate commitment to build a more just and peaceful world.” https://justfaith.org/
“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,’ and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that” —James 2: 14–16
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Dr. Cristina Pamaar, a faithful Loyola retreatant and benefactor, shares her love for Loyola and her vibrant faith in this wonderful fireside chat. I pray her words inspire all of you as much as they inspired all of us. Please visit Loyola's website here: www.loyola.org.
"Come (to Loyola) with open minds & open hearts. Let the Spirit work."
- Dr. Cristina Pamaar
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Please Watch
Dr. Cristina Pamaar's Video Testimonial
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"When I came here, I felt like... God lives here. So my relationship with Him was very much enhanced by what this facility could afford me. ... I make it a point to be part of this community."
- Dr. Cristina Pamaar
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All Weekend Retreats are being offered in-person & virtually
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Traditionally sponsored by: New York Labor, Pat McGann et al
Retreat directors - Paul Brian Campbell, SJ & Linda Baratte
Traditionally sponsored by: Garibaldi, OLM
Retreat directors - Thomas R. Marciniak, S.J. & Karen Florance
Traditionally sponsored by: St. Catherine, Holmdel, Justin Martyr
Retreat director - Steve Pugliese, S.J.
Traditionally sponsored by: Joseph M. Byrne, Georgetown Alumni Coed
Retreat directors - Kirk Reynolds, S.J. & Marie Santana
Traditionally sponsored by: Dineen, St. Christopher’s
Retreat directors - Thomas R. Marciniak, S.J. & Karen Florance
Traditionally sponsored by: Lovett, Lourdes, Jesuit Alumni, et al
Retreat director - Steve Pugliese, S.J.
Traditionally sponsored by: St. Catharine's/Mt. Carmel
Retreat directors - Thomas R. Marciniak, S.J. & Karen Florance
Traditionally sponsored by: Women's June Retreat Group
Retreat director - Judith Schiavo
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REIGNITE: Loyola Young Adult Ministry
NEXT GATHERING: Sunday, March 6, 2022 - Reignite Praise & Worship, Prayer, Meeting (Starts 4:00PM)
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Loyola Jesuit Center's "Reignite" young adult ministry is meeting regularly throughout the year. Join Fr. Tom Marciniak, S.J. & young adults from New Jersey and New York for evenings of prayer, social events, and service opportunities. Any young adult from 18 to 39 is welcome to attend any or all events.
Jesus tells us that He is the meaning of life and that encountering His Sacred Heart – full of love for us – will fill our lives with abundant joy, happiness and peace. An encounter with God reignites our hearts and inspires us to love and serve God with our entire lives.
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Sunday, March 6, 2022 - Reignite Praise & Worship, Prayer, Meeting (Starts 4:00PM)
Sunday, April 3, 2022 - Reignite Praise & Worship, Prayer, Meeting (Starts 4:00PM)
Sunday, May 15, 2022 - Reignite Praise & Worship, Prayer, Meeting (Starts 4:00PM)
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Show the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment
Walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice
Accompany young people in the creation of a hope-filled future
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