1. “Created
for the glory
and praise of
God.”
St. Ignatius Loyola, S.J.

2. Focus of the Retreat
 “CREATED”...............  Assessment of God’s creation:
[An analysis of current world
situation (Christifideles Laici) ]
 for the GLORY ...........  “Man full alive” (Irenaeus)
A. Interior Life
B. External Expression
 and PRAISE OF GOD ...  Catholic Spiritual Traditions
and Prayer

3. “Created....”
Assessment of God’s Creation
Analysis of Current World Situation

4. In Europe
 From (then) Cardinal Ratzinger:
 Europe
 Without Roots, The West, Christianity, Relativism and

5. A Current View of the Catholic Church
From The NEXT Christians
by Gabe Lyons

6. Current View of the
Catholic Church

7. Current View of the
Catholic Church

8. Current View of the
Catholic Church

9. Current View of the
Catholic Church

10. Current View of the
Catholic Church

11. “Created....”
Call of the Catholic Laity
in Contemporary Culture
Christifideles Laici

12. “Created....”
 Christifideles Laici
* Introduction
1. The Dignity of the Lay Faithful in the Church as Mystery
2. The Participation of the Lay Faithtul in the Life of
Church as Communion
3. The Coresponsibility of the Lay Faithful in the Church as
Mission
4. Good Stewards of God's Varied Grace
5. The Formation of the Lay Faithful in the Lay State

13. “Created....”
* Introduction
 Needs of the world
 Secularism
 Human Person – lights and shadows
 Peace and conflict
 Christ – hope of humanity

14. “Created....”
1. The Dignity of the Lay Faithful in the Church as
Mystery
 Identity – who are the lay faithful?
 Vocation
 Baptism - What does “Christian Life” look like?
 Individual children in the Son, yet One Body
 Mission - Priests, Prophets and Kings
 Secular character
 Summary: Called to holiness – in the world

15. “Created....”
2. The Participation of the Lay Faithtul in the Life of Church as
Communion
 Communion and community
 Diversity and complementarily
 Ministries and charisms
 Catherine of Siena Institute
 “Called and Gifted”
 “Spiritual Gifts Inventory”
 Ministries derived from Holy Orders
 Ministries, Offices and Roles of the Lay Faithful
 The Lay Faithful's Participation in the Life of the Church
 Parish
 Greater Church
 Groups

16. “Created....”
3. The Coresponsibility of the Lay Faithful in the Church
as Mission
 Mission to Communion
 Proclaiming the Gospel
 Re-evangelization (1988) cultures of humanity
 Serving the person and society
 Promoting the dignity of the person
 Call to religious freedom (1988)
 Family, Charity, Public Life, Individual as center of Socio-economic
life

17. “Created....”
4. Good Stewards of God's Varied Grace
 States of life and variety of vocations
 Vocations particular to the lay state
 Children, youth, older people
 Women and men
 Collaboration of men and women together
 The sick and the suffering

18. “Created....”
5. The Formation of the Lay Faithful in the Lay State
 Continual process of maturation
 To discover and live one’s vocation and mission
 Legionaries
 The “D” word
 Integrated formation for living an integrated life
 Various aspects of formation
 Collaborators with God
 Reciprocal formation received and given
 Appeal to prayer

19. “Created....”
Let’s check in....
Questions, Comments, Critiques?

20. “Created for the glory
and praise of God.”
St. Ignatius Loyola, S.J.

21. Focus of the Retreat
• “CREATED”............... • Assessment of God’s creation & an analysis
of current world situation (Christifideles
Laici)
• for the GLORY ........... • “Man full alive”
A.Interior Life
B. External Expression
• and PRAISE OF GOD ... • Catholic Spiritual Traditions and Prayer

22. Question....
Why are you here?
(...at Malvern)

23. Question....
Why are you here..
( ...at ALL? On earth? )

24. Question....
If you don’t know, how do you find the answer?

25. “The glory of God
is man fully alive.”
St. Irenaeus (+202 A.D.)

26. “Created for the glory
and praise of God.”
St. Ignatius Loyola, S.J.
What is the definition
of a “Spiritual Exercise?”

27. So, the purpose of the “Spiritual Exercises...”
• Rid disordered tendencies
(Interior Life)
• Manage one’s life
(External Expression)

28. “Created for the glory...”
Interior Life

29. Quotations:
• St. Ignatius (Spiritual Exercises)
• St. Augustine (Sermon 19:2-3)
• Cardinal Keith O’Brien (Edinburgh – Blog Post)

30. First Annotation
• Provide a method to help oneself
• 3 “Internal” Steps:
▫ Start by examining one’s conscience
▫ Meditation, contemplation, vocal prayer, mental
prayer.
▫ Performing other spiritual actions.

31. Second Annotation
• Relate faithfully events of such Contemplation or
Meditation.
• Makes events clearer or brings them a little more
home to him:
• How:
▫ Through one’s own reasoning
▫ Intellect enlightened by Divine power

32. Third Annotation
• Use acts of the intellect in reasoning
• Use acts of the will in the movement of feelings
• ( Both good but Ignatius has a bias.... )
• When “willing” to pray (to God or saints) greater reverence
required than when using intellect in understanding.

33. Aside....
• Difference between:
▫ Pastoral Counseling
▫ Professional Counseling
▫ Professional Therapy
▫ Spiritual Direction
▫ Confession
• Give to Caesar what is Caesars; to God what is God’s:
▫ Different Forms
▫ Involve different relationships
▫ For different purposes
▫ (For the most part...) you don’t want to mix them up!
▫ ....Caveat

34. “Created for the glory...”
Interior Life
Let's check in...any questions?

35. Fourth Annotation
Subject of Time and Timing
(quote and application)

36. Sixth Annotation
Initial Evaluation of Progress
(quote and application)

37. Twelfth Annotation
Commitment and Personal Investment
(quote and application)

38. Getting Concrete
The Full Quote and Some Examples

39. Advice from Ignatius (Prelude)
• Know the Goal:
▫ Praise of God
▫ Salvation of our soul
• Understand the difference between “means” and “ends”
• “Detachment”
• Examples:
▫ Marriage
▫ Money
▫ Religion

40. Questions:
• How do YOU do this?
• What did / do you use?
• What has worked?
• What has NOT worked?

41. One Example:
“Pastores Dabo Vobis”
(Next Slide – Next Session)

42. One Example:
• Pastores dabo vobis or “I will give you shepherds”
• Four dimensions:
▫ Human
▫ Intellectual
▫ Spiritual
▫ Pastoral

43. Question...
What’s in YOUR (mental/spiritual) wallet?
Or...how are YOU doing this?

46. “CREATED FOR THE GLORY
AND PRAISE OF GOD.”
St. Ignatius Loyola

47. “CREATED FOR THE GLORY
AND PRAISE OF GOD.”
Two parts:
• Interior Life
•
External Forum

48. “CREATED FOR THE GLORY
AND PRAISE OF GOD.”
“I’m spiritual but not religious.”
(A quote from “Spiritual Exercises, ‘Presupposition’”)

49. “CREATED FOR THE GLORY
AND PRAISE OF GOD.”
Where are we as society?
Where are we as a church WITHIN that society?
How do WE move forward?
How do YOU move forward?
Think about these for a moment...

50. During the Counter-Reformation
 What Church Faced:
 The “Company” in increasingly complex and
changing environments.
 New “markets”
 Increased competition
 Former belief systems questioned
 Traditional approaches discarded.

51. Catholic Church on the Frontier
 What Church Faced:
 “Company” in increasingly
complex and changing
environments.
 New “markets”
 Increased competition
 Former belief systems
questioned
 Traditional approaches
discarded.
 Lady Blackrobes

52. What J. P. Morgan Faced
 The “Company” in increasingly complex and
changing environments.
 New “markets”
 Increased competition
 Former belief systems questioned
 Traditional approaches discarded.

53. ...and TODAY?
 Where are we as society?
 Where are we as a church WITHIN the
society?
 Where are we? Where are we going?
 Where are we? Where are we going?
 What do WE need? What do YOU need?
 What’s missing?

54. ...and TODAY?
 What Church Faces:
 The “Company” in increasingly complex and
changing environments.
 New “markets” (Cyber-church)
 Increased competition (secular, sacred, satanic)
 Former belief systems questioned
 Traditional approaches discarded.

55. HEROIC LEADERSHIP.
by Chris Lowney

56. What J. P. Morgan Needed
 Core Issue – Leadership
 How to elicit leadership
 ... and develop “Masters of the Universe?”
 What happened?
 The “new” 360 degree feedback system
 (btw...Jesuits doing this for 435 years!)
 ...and it all STARTS with self awareness.

57. And the Jesuits? “No miracles...”
 Fr. Diego Lainez, S.J. on miracles...
 Pillars of success:
 Self-awareness
 Ingenuity
 Love
 Heroism (courage & 7 vision)

58. “CREATED FOR THE GLORY
AND PRAISE OF GOD.”
Some quotes from Ignatius

59. “CREATED FOR THE GLORY
AND PRAISE OF GOD.”
So how do you do this?

60. An Example:
 Pastores dabo vobis or “I will give you shepherds”
 Four dimensions:
 Human
 Intellectual
 Spiritual
 Pastoral

61. “CREATED FOR THE GLORY
AND PRAISE OF GOD.”
St. Ignatius Loyola
Questions, Comments, Critique

62. The Role of Priesthood
The Role of the Laity
THE NEW
EVANGELIZATION

63. "And going out
about the third hour
he saw others
standing idle in the marketplace;
and to them he said,
'You go into the vineyard too'
MATTHEW 20:3-4

64. “'You go too”
MATTHEW 20:3-4

65. Diocesan Priesthood - Context
 Diversity of expectations
 Current decrease in candidates
 Possible results:
 Fight (wilt and fade)
 Fight (Superiority complex and clericalism)

66. Needs
 Clear understanding of:
 Identity
 Roles
 Fire of Jesus the High Priest
 His love
 His vision
 New relationships between laity and priests

67. Issues
 “Christifideles Laici”
 Secularism
 Longing for spirituality
 Sacredness of the human person
 Conflict and peace
 Fr. Zlock:
 Identity
 Mission

68. Identity
 Only from inside the Church's mystery of communion
is the "identity" of the lay faithful made known, and
their fundamental dignity revealed.
 Only within the context of this dignity can their
vocation and mission in the Church and in the world
be defined.

69. Challenge
 Moving from “theory” to “practice”
 The Holy Spirit continues to renew ...the
...Church and ... has inspired new aspirations
towards holiness and the participation of so
many lay faithful.

70. Pro Sanctity Movement
Holy Trinity Apostolate
“CREATED FOR THE GLORY AND PRAISE OF
GOD.”

71. Examples
CATHECHESIS:
 Alpha for Catholics - An effective, practical tool to awaken faith in
people outside the faith or on the fringe of parish life and nourish faithful
Catholics.
 Ascension Press Features excellent courses for individual Catholics,
parishes, small and large groups in Bible study (children, teens and adults),
marriage preparation, Theology of the Body (teens and adults), Adult Faith
Formation
LEADERSHIP:
 Catholic Leadership Institute – With their “Good Leaders – Good
Shepherds” program, might be the best Catholic Leadership program for
priests, pastors and parishes in the U.S.
 National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management -
Prominent men and women, leaders in their field, powerfully placing their
gifts at the service of the Church.

72. Examples
FAITH FORMATION AND ENGAGEMENT:
 (For the Women) Walking With Purpose – aims to bring women to a
deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ through personal study,
small group discussion linking everyday challenges/struggles with solutions
through the teachings of Christ & Roman Catholic Church.
 (For the Men) Fatherhood and Leadership Initiatiative Provides
tools, information, and a community of common purpose that enable men of
character to become better fathers, husbands and leaders of their families.
 The King’s Men – Under Christ the King’s universal call to serve, we as
men, pledge to unite and build up other men in the mold of leader,
protector, and provider through education, formation and action.

73. Examples
SUPPORT:
 Prepare and Enrich (Although I use this excellent tool in helping couples
prepare for marriage, ANY couple could benefit from its insights.)
NEWS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
 Zenit - Short articles, vignettes, updates pertaining to the Catholic Church
from the Vatican
 Whispers in the Loggia - One of the first and now a leader in Catholic
blogging
 Cabelas - Every boy needs a “toy store.” It’s all about balance.

74. Lay Faithful (Closing Thought)
 Lay faithful must be formed according to the union
which exists from their being members of the Church and
citizens of human society.
 There cannot be two parallel lives in their existence: on the one
hand, the so-called "spiritual" life, with its values and demands;
and on the other, the so-called "secular" life, that is, life in a
family, at work, in social relationships, in the responsibilities
of public life and in culture. (Charles Chaput)

75. “Created for the
glory and praise of
God.”
St. Ignatius Loyola, S.J.

76. “Created for the glory
and praise of God.”
Personal Prayer

77. “Created for the glory
and praise of God.”
Thoughts from
Ignatius

78. “Created for the glory
and praise of God.”
Fundamental
Starting Points

79. Prayer
• Traditions (Resources)
• Types and Stages
• Fundamentals (How to...)

80. Prayer
• 1988 - Archbishop Anthony Bevilacqua,
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
• 12 priests ask to leave.
• In interview...from “Did” to “When.”
• Rationale and background.

81. “Created for the
glory and praise of
God.”
Prayer Traditions

82. Traditions
• Carmelite
• About love
• Little Flower, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross
• Dominicans
• About truth
• Thomas Aquinas, Dominic, Catherine of Siena, Garrigou-
Lagrange, Congar, Rhine Mystics (Hildegard, Eckhart)

83. Traditions
• Jesuits:
• About knowing yourself
• Ignatius, Bellarmine, DeLubac, Rahner
• Franciscan:
• About simplicity
• Francis, Bernardin of Siena, Anthony (of PADUA, not the
desert guy), Bonaventure
• Salesian:
• About practical spirituality; everyday living
• Francis deSales, John Bosco

84. Traditions
• Benedictine:
• About the rule and “The Work”
• Benedict, Bede
• Desert:
• About spiritual warfare (world, flesh, devil)
• Anthony of the Desert (not PADUA), Cassian,
Poeman, Macarius, (Sr. Benedicta Ward)

85. Traditions
• Marian
• She’s the Mother of God, C’mon YOU figure it out!
• Louis de Montfort, Maximilian Kolbe
• Other
• Adrienne von Spyer, Hans von von Balthasar,
• Catherine Doherty, Dorothy Day
• Imitation of Christ
• Catherine of Genoa
• Cloud of Unknowing/Trappist - Centering (Keating,
Pennington, Meninger)
• Charismatic

86. Traditions
• Doctors of the Church

87. Not this..

88. “Created for the
glory and praise of
God.”
Stages of Prayer

89. Types and Stages of Love
• Attraction
• Clinging
• Enjoyment
• Union of Wills

90. Types and Stages of Prayer
• Formal (Liturgy of the Hours)
• Devotional
• Vocal vs. Mental
Lectio Divina
• Contemplative
• Contemplation – Meditation - Mystical Union
• “7 Mansions” (Teresa of Avila)

91. Fundamentals:
• QUIET!
• Time of day
• Length
• Location
• Accoutrements

94. Diocesan Priestly Spirituality
• “Active – Apostolic”
• 4 aspects:
– Ministry – primary determining influence
– Flexibility, Mobility, Availability
– “Appropriate” prayerful presence pervading all
activity
– Unity of mind/heart/mission > physical presence.

95. Diocesan Priestly Spirituality (Notes)
• Different from monastic spirituality
• Don’t mix the two
• 1.
– Prayer, quiet and contemplation are critical...
– But ministerial involvement (not formal prayer) determines
contour/schedule of daily life.
– Set prayer time cannot interfere with availability for ministry.
• 2.
– Readiness of spirit
– Born in “freedom” ...
– and fascination with a loving God’s faithful commitment to us,
– ...so that we can be faithful

96. Diocesan Priestly Spirituality (Notes)
• 3
– Discerned integration of formal prayer with day’s activities
– Balance! Get honest sense of “reasonable” demands (and not
burnout)
– “Work is my prayer” heretically invalid.
– Laity can (and should) call Father on the carpet in terms of his prayer
life.
• 4.
– Frustration with finding fellowship and fraternity
– Union of minds, hearts found in “shared vision”
– Regularly experienced
– Provide support for celibate lifestyle
– Enrich, animate and improve their life and ministry