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2006: Celebrating a Jubilee Year

October 2005
19th Annotation Retreat
Oriented towards faculty/staff
Organized by Canisius College Campus Ministry
*These retreats have already begun and will continue over 30 weeks

December 2005
Tentative plans for festive social gathering for campus community to mark the opening of Jubilee year

February 6, 2006
Lecture by Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J., professor of theology and ethics, as part of the college's Conversations in Christ & Culture Lecture Series

March 4 - 12
Tentative plans for student event(s) that relate to the Novena of Grace (a nine-day novena associated with the canonization of Xavier).

April 22, 2006
Feast of Mary Queen and Mother of the Society of Jesus
Tentative plans involving mass for Buffalo community and/or gathering for Jesuits in the area

Fall 2006
Tentative plans to invite Rev. Bill McNichols, S.J., iconographer, writer and poet, to campus for the Conversations in Christ & Culture Lecture Series.

November-December 2006
Tentative plans for an exhibit of Jesuit artists

Other possible events (dates not confirmed)
Jesuit film festival (The Mission, The Black Robe, documentaries)
Invite Bill Cain, writer of "Nothing Sacred" television series

College of the Holy Cross

June-December 2006:
Rev. Thomas Worcester, S.J., is organizing a special, six-month installation of three 'Jesuit' paintings at the Worcester Art Museum.  One is Baciccio's "Vision of St. Ignatius at La Storta", another is Domenico Vaccaro's "Madonna and Child with Saints, " with Francis Xavier prominent among these saints. We will also display a work by Daniel Seghers, S.J., a 17th c. Flemish painter.  Fr. Worcester is writing a gallery guide, and will organize two or three lectures in connection with this installation.
 
Fall 2006
Jesuit Heritage Week.  As in past years, Holy Cross will plan a series of lectures, panel discussions, seminars, and events on campus in celebration of the vibrant spiritual and intellectual Jesuit heritage of Holy Cross.  All events are free and open to the public.
 
Summer 2006
Ignatian Pilgrimage.  Again this summer, members of the Holy Cross faculty will travel to Spain and Rome to follow in the footsteps of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, to learn more about the ministry and prayer life of the Jesuits.

Fairfield University

Fordham University

2005 - December 6
3:30 p.m.4:00 p.m.
McGinley Center Ballroom 
DEDICATION of the Statue "IGNATIUS THE PILGRIM" at Rose Hill
JUBILEE INAUGURAL LECTURE - "Ignatius Loyola" by John O'Malley, S.J., distinguished Professor of History, Weston Jesuit School of Theology

2006 - January 17
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.- Reception opening the WALSH LIBRARY EXHIBIT featuring these three founding Jesuits - (exhibit will run throughout the Spring semester)

February 8
6:00 p.m. McNally Amphitheatre, School of Law

JUBILEE LECTURE - "Peter Faber" by John Padberg, S.J., Director, Institute of Jesuit Sources, St. Louis, Missouri

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY CHORAL CONCERTS with the Bronx Arts Ensemble featuring Jesuit Composers (Zipolli, et al.) and Palestrina, etc.
St. Paul's Church - Lincoln Center
Fordham University Church - Rose Hill

April 22
1:00 p.m.- JUBILEE MASS celebrated by the Society of Jesus worldwide
(at St. Ignatius Loyola Church, Manhattan)

May 20
10:00 a.m. University Commencement

At Fordham University Commencement, HONORARY DOCTORATE to the Jesuit Provincial of France commemorating the 160th anniversary of the arrival of Jesuits at Fordham

October 24
4:00 p.m. McGinley Center Ballroom
JUBILEE LECTURE - "Francis Xavier" by Archbishop Joseph Pittau, S.J., Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

November - IGNATIAN HERITAGE WEEK AT ROSE HILL
(Dates to be announced)

December 3
11:00 a.m. University Church
CLOSING LITURGY FOR THE SOCIETY OF JESUS JUBILEE YEAR

(Dedication of the new statue of St. Ignatius at the Lincoln Center Campus:  Date to be announced)

Georgetown University

The entire Gonzaga community will be invited to this event: students, faculty and staff.  The Jesuit Community will be honored at this event and as many Jesuits who can come will be introduced

Three Jesuits from the Gonzaga community will talk on each of the 3 Companions (Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Blessed Peter Faber).  The Jesuits will not only share with the audience the stories of how these three men met and what their lives were like, but they will also parallel the lives of these 3 Companions with the lives of the GU students.

Monday, April 10th at 7pm

Globe Room of Cataldo

To honor the Jesuit Jubilee and education the Gonzaga community about the lives of these three men who, when they met, were very similar to college students of today.  This event will also give us in University Ministry the opportunity to introduce publicly the Jesuits who live and work at Gonzaga University.

John Carroll University

In cooperation with the Suenens Center, Doris Donnelly, Howard Gray, Paul Lauritzen, Ed Peck, and Patrick Rombalski are part of a planning committee to arrange an Assistancy- wide [i.e., all the US AJCU schools] symposium entitled, "The Vocation of the Teacher in the Ignatian Tradition." This will take place 12-16 June 2005 in Paris at Centre Sevres. This is a complicated projected because it involves overseas travel, USA pre-symposium organization, and the financial commitment of considerable sums to bank an impressive roster of presenters, including Parker Palmer, John O'Malley, and Michael Himes. The idea was to use the threefold celebration to spark a topic close to higher education, teaching.
 
In addition, 'Bagging Ignatius' is providing a monthly lunch hour presentation on Ignatian classics, e.g., O'Malley's "The First Jesuits," DeGuibert's "The Jesuits: Their Spiritual Doctrine and Practice," and Hugo Rahner's "Ignatius the Theologian."
 
Last year we commissioned an original icon of Ignatius, Faver, and Xavier for the JCU student chapel, St. Francis, which we will bless at a ceremony in the second semester.
 
In the second semester of this year John O'Malley will deliver a Detroit Province lecture for all the Jesuits of the province on the inter-relationship of these three great early Jesuits.
 
In summary, then, we have a major and expensive project for the summer, a year-long commemorative set of lectures on Ignatian topics, a dedication of an original icon, and a participation on a province-wide event. While we may do something more, we have not spelled this out.

Le Moyne College

Le Moyne has a Novena of Grace to St. Francis Xavier planned, from March 4 to March 12, with a mass, homily and novena prayers.

Also, Le Moyne is planning a liturgical celebration to mark the ending of the Jubilee year. This will be held sometime during the spring 2006 semester (date not set yet).

The college is also having 19 people on campus making Spiritual Exercises, including 6 Jesuits. This began in October and will continue into the spring.

Loyola Marymount University

Guest presentation(s) by Tom Lucas, S.J.
 
A series of articles in the campus newspaper/alumni magazine about students who have experienced conversion to a deeper level of faith/spirituality in light of the background of Faber, Ignatius, and Xavier at the University of Paris.

Weave themes from lives of Faber, Ignatius, Xavier into vocation promotion.

Marquette University

Marquette will host a 2nd semester Loyola Lecture on St. Ignatius and his companions by Rev. John Breslin, S.J.  Fr. Breslin is an Adjunct Professor of English and College Chaplain at Marymount College of Fordham University in New York and holds the 2005-2006 Rev. Francis C. Wade Chair at Marquette University.  Date of the lecture is TBA.
 
The University announced the establishment of the Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality in December.  The Marquette University Jesuit Community gave the university a $2 million endowment for the establishment of the Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality, which will be dedicated to the promotion of Ignatian spirituality among faculty and staff. Blessed Peter Faber (also referred to as Pierre Favre) was among the first companions of Ignatius Loyola and was recognized by Ignatius himself for his talent in giving the Spiritual Exercises (retreats) and his gifts as a spiritual director.

The naming of the Faber Center coincides with an international year of anniversaries for the Jesuits, marking 500 years since the birth of Bl. Peter Faber (April 13, 1506) and St. Francis Xavier (April 7, 1506), as well as the 450th anniversary of the death of St. Ignatius of Loyola (July 31, 1556). Further details on these anniversaries are available at
http://www.sjweb.info/documents/phk/200501-01jubilee_eng.swf.

The Faber Center will build upon the good work of the former Center for Ignatian Spirituality. Its offerings will include retreats, spiritual direction, discussion groups, days and evenings of reflection, and other opportunities for exploring spirituality in everyday life.

Regis University

Regis is holding a Lenten Lecture Series in honor of St. Ignatius.

The speakers are Greg Boyle on Xavier and Jesuit Sense of Mission, Chris Lowney on Ignatius and Jesuit Models of Leadership and Dave Fleming on Favre and Companions in the Lord.

The Jesuit Lenten lecture series will focus on the Jesuit Jubilee year 2006, celebrating St. Francis Xavier, Blessed Peter Faber and St. Ignatius Loyola. We will have a special university-wide celebration on July 31, 2006, the feast day of St. Ignatius and the fall Catholicism lecture series for 2006 will include speakers addressing the jubilee year.

Monday - Wednesday, March 27-29

Chris Lowney, author of Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World, to visit campus. Lowney, a former Jesuit and executive with J.P. Morgan, considers the Jesuits' unique formula for molding leaders and the leadership principles that have guided Jesuit leaders in their diverse pursuits for more than 450 years.

Monday, March 27

Tuesday, March 28

A presentation focusing on Lowney's work in international health issues and how it flows from his Ignatian roots. Lowney is a graduate of Fordham University and was a member of the Jesuit community for seven years. He currently serves part-time as Special Assistant to the President of the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), a leading U.S.-based Catholic charity providing health care programs and services to people in need around the world. He has traveled to Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, and India to help launch CMMB's major initiatives targeted at preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. At least twenty percent of Lowney's royalties from the U.S. editions of his works are donated to charities providing education and health care to impoverished children in the developing world.

Wednesday, March 29

MissouriProvinceSpeakers Series

Sundays, 7:30 p.m., St. Francis Xavier College Church. Reception follows. (Speaker preaches at the 10 p.m. student Mass.)

• Connect with 125th Anniversary of the Alumni Association and the 25th Anniversary of the Ignatian Awards on April 29
• Event celebrating the opening of the new Jesuit Residence
• Augment July 31 Campus Celebration of St. Ignatius Day
• Ron Hansen Essay on Ignatius for Santa Clara Magazine
• Fall, 2006 issue of explore will be dedicated to "The Legacy of St. Ignatius at SCU"

• Use Founders Day, March 19, 2006 to honor Xavier and Favre  - Gianera Society Lunch and Symposium already scheduled.

• Develop web page for Jesuit Jubilee   
• Highlight faculty, staff, and student "conversion stories; link to DISCOVER   
• Michael Buckley, S.J. Santa Clara lecture on "The Legacy of Bill Spohn," Fall, 2006   (Ignatian Center)
• Board of Fellows Trip to Italy in 2006  
• SCU Alumni Association Trip to Italy in 2006  
• Bannan Institute and Alumni Relations hosting Chris Lowney visit in April, 2006.  Lowney is author of Heroic Leadership.
• Lecture by Dean Brackley from UCA in El Salvador in January/February   
• Magis Retreat for upperclass students with leadership experience, providing opportunity to reflect on that experience in light of Jesuit tradition and vocational discernment.   Will use Chris Lowney's book, Heroic Leadership.  (Center for Student Leadership)

University of Detroit Mercy

The University of Scranton will begin its Jesuit Jubilee celebration the week of March 27, 2006, incorporating this year's anniversaries into our annual Jesuit Heritage Week events. Celebrations will continue throughout the year.

Wheeling Jesuit University

February 9
Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J., Professor of Theology,
University of Central America, San Salvador
"The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times"
7:00 p.m., Troy Theater
University Reception, sponsored by The Office of the President
University and Local Community Invited

February 10
Founder's Day Mass
3:15 p.m., The Chapel of Mary and Joseph
Celebrant/Homilist: The Most Reverend Bernard W. Schmitt, D.D.
Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
University Reception, sponsored by Campus Ministry
Chapel Seminar Room
University and Local Community Invited

March 9
Wheeling Jesuit University Board of Directors' Retreat
"AMDG - A World is Not Enough: Jesuit Re-Commitment at Wheeling Jesuit University"
Wilson Lodge, Oglebay Park
Board Members and Invited Guests

March 15
Kerry Kennedy
Founder, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
"Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights in a Global Perspective"
4:00 p.m., Troy Theater
University Reception, sponsored by Mission & Identity
University and Local Community Invited

April 19
Sharing of Jesuit Jubilee video,
"AMDG- A World is Not Enough"
A film for the Jesuit Jubilee Year 2006
7:00 p.m., The Chapel of Mary and Joseph

April 19
Presentation by Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.,
The McGinley Professor of Theology, Fordham University
"Jesuit Origins and Jesuit Mission Today"
7:30 p.m., Troy Theater
University Reception, sponsored by The Jesuit Community
Whelan Hall
University and Local Community Invited

May 12
Baccalaureate Mass
7:30 p.m., McDonough Center
Celebrant/Homilist: The Most Reverend Michael J. Bransfield, D.D.
Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston

May 13
48th Commencement
10:30 a.m., McDonough Center
Speaker: To be announced
Ticket Required

July 31
Mass for The Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola
3:30 p.m., The Chapel of Mary & Joseph
University Reception, sponsored by The Jesuit Community
Whelan Hall
University and Local Community Invited

September 14
The Mass of the Holy Spirit
11:00 a.m., The Chapel of Mary and Joseph
Celebrant: The Most Reverend Michael J. Bransfield, D.D.
Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
University and Local Community Invited

Xavier University

The University is planning a year-long (all of calendar 2006) celebration of the 175th anniversary of Xavier University.  Leo Klein, S.J. is planning to bring the Xavier 500th anniversary into one or more of the 175th anniversary events at the University.