Loved As You Are - An Ignatian Podcast

Today Gretchen Crowder shares with you the audio of a Colloquy with Jesus in the Garden that was originally shared as a video on the Central and Southern Jesuit Province website as part of a Lenten Series for the 2024 Lenten Season.

You can find the video and access the Lenten Series here: https://www.jesuitscentralsouthern.org/spirituality/lent-2024/

You can follow the Central and Southern Jesuit Province and learn more about the So...

Today Gretchen Crowder shares with you the audio of a reflection on the Beatitudes that was originally shared as a video on the Central and Southern Jesuit Province website as part of a Lenten Series for the 2024 Lenten Season.

You can find the video and access the Lenten Series here: https://www.jesuitscentralsouthern.org/spirituality/lent-2024/

You can follow the Central and Southern Jesuit Province and learn more about the Society...

Today Gretchen Crowder shares with you the audio of a reflection on the next 6 stations of the cross that was originally shared as a video on the Central and Southern Jesuit Province website as part of a Lenten Series for the 2024 Lenten Season.

You can find the video and access the Lenten Series here: https://www.jesuitscentralsouthern.org/spirituality/lent-2024/

You can follow the Central and Southern Jesuit Province and learn more...

Today Gretchen Crowder shares with you the audio of a reflection on the first 6 stations of the cross that was originally shared as a video on the Central and Southern Jesuit Province website as part of a Lenten Series for the 2024 Lenten Season.

You can find the video and access the Lenten Series here: https://www.jesuitscentralsouthern.org/spirituality/lent-2024/

You can follow the Central and Southern Jesuit Province and learn mor...

Today Gretchen Crowder shares with you the audio of a reflection and examen that were first shared as a video on the Central and Southern Jesuit Province website as part of a Lenten Series for the 2024 Lenten Season.

This Examen is based on a contemporary version of the First Principle and Foundation of St. Ignatius by David L Fleming, S.J.

You can find the video and access the Lenten Series here: https://www.jesuitscentralsouthern.o...

In this episode, Gretchen interviews Liz Angeli. 

Liz (she/her/hers) is a college professor, writer, spiritual director, and retreat leader. An Associate Professor of English at Marquette University, Liz has accompanied young adults through personal and professional transitions. At Marquette, she teaches a range of professional and technical writing classes and integrates elements of Ignatian discernment into them all. Her rese...

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Cathleen Falsani.

Cathleen Falsani is a veteran, inveterate, and award-winning journalist specializing in the intersection of religion/faith/beliefs/spirituality and culture for more than two decades. Her work has taken her all over the world, always with her cameras and notebooks in tow, searching for enduring, transformational stories of the extraordinary in the ordinary (and the transc...

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Becky Eldredge.

Becky is an Ignatian-trained spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and author of two books: The Inner Chapel (Loyola Press, April 2020) and Busy Lives and Restless Souls (Loyola Press, March 2017). She leads a ministry that offers spiritual direction, resources, and retreats (virtual and in-person) rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Passionate ...

During this episode, Gretchen Crowder shares a talk she recently gave to St. Thomas Aquinas Altar Society entitled Preparing Our Hearts for Advent by Leaning into and Internalizing our Belovedness. 

If you are looking for a great way to prepare for the upcoming Advent season a preparation that might just also be useful for this week's Thanksgiving celebration - check this episode out now! 

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Vinita Wright.

Vinita Wright recently retired from a three-decade career as book editor, the last 22 years at Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry in Chicago. She has worked with authors such as Kevin O’Brien, Mark Thibodeaux, James Martin, and the late William Barry. She is the author of three novels and various works of nonfiction, including Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy...

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Liz Aceves.

Ignatian Spirituality has been enriching Liz Aceves’ spiritual journey since 2015. Liz has regularly contributed to Becky Eldredge’s Inner Chapel community, Into the Deep blog series, and is now leading the Ignatian Ministries Spiritual Book Club. One of her greatest sources of joy and community is facilitating the Inner Chapel Prayer group, surrounded by inspirational women. ...

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Jean Heaton.

Jean Heaton is a blogger, writer, speaker, teacher, and a workshop and retreat leader.

Both her husband and son are in long-term recovery and she has worked her own Twelve Step program for those affected by the addictions of others.

She shares her experience, strength, and hope with others at www.jeanheaton.com. 

Check out her book Helping Families Recover from Addiction: C...

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Tam Lontok.

Rooted in Ignatian Spirituality, Tam Lontok is a trained and certified international spiritual director, lifestyle photographer, Sisters of Notre Dame Associate, and is completing her last year as an Anam Cara Apprentice at the Sacred Art of Living with an emphasis on the Art of Spiritual Eldering.

Tam was Jesuit-educated in Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University for her un...

In this episode, Gretchen introduces a new type of episode - short Ignatian Examens focused on our belovedness - and concludes the episode by leading listeners in an Ignatian Examen they can return to time and again. 

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If this episode hits home and you would like more Examens like this one, let Gretchen know by leaving a comment or a review on the podcast itself or over at @lovedasyouarepod on Instagram.

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In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Tucker Redding, S.J.

Fr. Tucker Redding, SJ, is a recently ordained priest of the Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus. Tucker grew up on a ranch in central Texas. He attended Texas A&M University, where he grew in his faith through St. Mary's Catholic Center. There, he was also introduced to the Jesuits and started to discern religious life. He worked for four years ...

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Brendan O'Kane.

Brendan O'Kane is the husband of Anita Maina and is a parishioner, acolyte, and parish council member at St. Ignatius Catholic Church. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and currently serves as the Director of Ignatian Mission and Identity at Loyola Blakefield. He just finished a three-year program in spiritual direction and holds master's degrees in Theological Studies ...

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Stephanie Clouatre Davis.

Stephanie, an Ignatian trained spiritual director and associate with the Dominican Sisters of Peace, enjoys both youth and adult ministry. In her 26 years of ministry for the Catholic Church, she has directed hundreds of retreats and spoken at many conferences for adults, teens, and young adults. She is a writer for the “Into the Deep” blog, is an Associate Spiri...

In this episode, Gretchen Crowder interviews Jen Coito. Jen was Jesuit-educated in Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. She has a Masters in Pastoral Theology with a specialization in Spiritual Direction.  After working for the California Province of Jesuits and Christian Life Community, Jen and Fr. Tri Dinh, S.J co-founded Christus Ministries, an outreach that bridges young adults and the Church through service, retrea...