Faith & Spirituality

• Catholic Comments Podcast: Catholics and Climate Change
  

  • Catholic Comments co-hosts John O'Keefe and Wendy Wright speak with theologian Richard Miller about the critical contemporary issue of climate change and Catholic teaching. A new podcast is posted weekly.

• Cardoner Calling All Readers: James Martin Refugee Work in East Africa
  

  • "Calling All Readers" invites you to a discussion with James Martin, S.J., via SKYPE (you will see and hear Fr. Martin present). “This Our Exile: A Spiritual Journey with the Refugees of East Africa,” will be discussed Tuesday, March 16, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Skutt Student Center, room 104. Seamlessly combining spiritual writing, reportage, travel narrative, humor and even some recent history, a young American Jesuit tells of his time working with the refugees of East Africa. His mission was straightforward: to help the refugees who had settled in the sprawling slums of Nairobi, Kenya, to start small businesses and earn a living. He imagined he would be teaching them much, and he did. But the refugees would end up teaching him much more about life, survival and faith, love and friendship. Fr. Martin is the culture editor of AMERICA Magazine. RSVP for the book, free if attending the discussion. RSVP also if you only want to hear and meet the author to Janine ter Kuile, Janine@creighton.edu.

• Cardoner Invites You to ‘Called to Service in Uganda’
  

  • Herbert Busiku with Computers for Africa will speak on Wednesday, March 24, in the Skutt Student Center, room 105. A soup lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. with the presentation following from noon to 1 p.m. A native Ugandan, Busiku has been instrumental in coordinating the placement of donated computer technology and delivering follow-up services to beneficiary schools in Uganda for eight years. Hired by Computers for Africa, an Omaha non-profit, he has single-handedly brought technology to a war-torn, desolated region of his country. Herbert will talk about beginning work in northern Uganda, an area he had never visited as it was considered a dangerous country within a country. RSVP for the lunch only to janine@creighton.edu.

• Spiritual Direction and Ignatian Retreats
  

  • Cardoner will fund a four to eight day spiritual retreat or spiritual direction through June 30, 2010. Your retreat will include a spiritual director (find sites here). E-mail Janine ter Kuile for more information on how to be reimbursed. Only one retreat reimbursed by Cardoner is considered within a five-year period.

    Ignatian spirituality, the vision of the relationship between God and the human person grounded in the mystical experiences of St. Ignatius, has its primary expression in his book of The Spiritual Exercises. More than 20 retreat houses and spirituality centers in the United States provide a variety of services based on The Spiritual Exercises for clergy, men and women religious and lay people. The Creighton Retreat Center in Griswold, Iowa, can set up a retreat for you. Contact Fr. David Smith for more information.
    
    What is Spiritual Direction? Spiritual direction is the process of accompanying people on a spiritual journey. Spiritual direction exists in a context that emphasizes growing closer to God (or the holy or a higher power). For more information on spiritual direction and how to find a person to direct you, visit www.sdiworld.org/. Cardoner will pay for four visits for spiritual direction (for a total of $100 at $25 per hour). For further assistance in choosing a director, contact Janine ter Kuile.