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Understand the nearly 500-year-old Jesuit way of experiencing God in your everyday life.

Explore and experience Ignatian spirituality with one of its leading living experts, Fr. Joseph Tetlow, as your personal guide. Whether you are a layperson unfamiliar with Ignatian spirituality or a Jesuit seeped in its tradition, you will benefit from this unique series. Enter into Ignatian prayer forms: consideration, meditation and contemplation. Explore Jesuit spirituality's leading concepts and convictions.

This series demonstrates how 500 years of Jesuit spiritual practice can enrich your own life, faith and relationships. You will gain personal knowledge and insight into the spirituality that St. Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises inculcates and supports.

Begin this series by understanding the special implications of Ignatian spirituality. Focus on Jesus Christ in both theology and asceticism. Next, follow Fr. Tetlow as you explore God at work in the world. Find Christ in His Mystical Body, the Church. Explore the work of the Holy Spirit in each individual. Discover God's hope for us. Understand what it means for God to lead us to live our 'vocation', or career, in his service. Come to know where our own spirit is moving through The Examen of Conscience practice, which leads to Ignatian 'discernment of spirits.' See how to rid your mind of prejudgments about what God is doing and what God wants us to do.

Finally, allow Fr. Tetlow to help you understand what it means to ask the Lord to give us the grace of the deep union with the Father that the Son of Man lived - perfect trust, absolute obedience and passionate love.

With this order you will receive, free of charge, a detailed Electronic Study Guide. With your confirmation email, you will receive a link that will take you to this Electronic Study Guide, which includes outlines for each topic, review questions and suggested readings for further study. The link to access this Electronic Study Guide will also be included on the case of your CDs or DVDs. You are allowed to print up to 7 copies of your guide. Simply click on the link, or type it into your browser, to access the file.

About Your Presenter

Joseph Tetlow, S.J. is the director of Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House, where he gives retreats, workshops, and writes. He spent several years in Rome as head of the Jesuit General's Secretariat for Ignatian Spirituality, guiding the efforts of 250 Jesuit retreat houses. He was also a professor of Theology at St. Louis University and an associate editor of America Magazine. He has served on the Board of Directors of SLU, the University of Seattle, and Harvard's Institute for Educational Management.

Fr. Tetlow has written numerous articles and books. Among them are Ignatius Loyola: Spiritual Exercises, Choosing Christ in the World, Making Choices in Christ, and a commentary on the full cycle of Sunday readings in America.

Topic Titles

• Finding God's Will
• The Alpha and the Omega
• Living a Vocation
• Real Repentance
• The Christian Call
• Growing into Holiness
• Conversion of Heart
• Jesus: Real Warrior of God
• Jesus Trusts Obeys and Loves
• Humanity's Inventions
• The Resurrection
• Contemplating Love