Ignatian Life Communities

Why join an ILC?

How does an ILC work?

Ignatian Life Community (ILC) groups usually have between 6 to 10 members and meet regularly (usually weekly) to pray, reflect, and discuss issues of life and faith. Each meeting involves opening and closing prayers, sharing on how you have encountered God in your week or tried to be your most authentic self-rooted in Love, and an Ignatian reflection experience and discussion. The experiences usually center on an aspect of Ignatian spirituality and can include meditation, art, scripture, journaling, and more.

What can you gain from being a part of an ILC?

Based in Ignatian spirituality, ILCs help members find God in all things and discover their calling in life. Participants do not have to be Catholic Christian or any other denomination of Christian to be in an ILC or even religious/spiritual; all are welcome and all can find value and community in the ILC groups. 

 

Please go HERE to register and join and ILC today!

Registration for ILC's is on a rolling basis, so you can join any time during the Fall/Spring semesters.

 

ILC General groups and Affinity Groups:

A general ILC group is open to any Loyola student and is made up of students from across campus. Many students join a general group to try out ILCs. Both General and Affinity groups operate the same and cover the same material in their meetings.

An ILC affinity group is exactly the same as a general group, except the members share a common trait. Affinity groups can share almost anything in common, like being in the same class, Greek org, athletic team, residence hall/floor, student org, etc.

If a student or group of students would like to start an ILC affinity group, they can contact University Minister for Communal Reflection or just indicate their desire to do so on the registration. Affinity groups can form at any time.

Current Affinity groups that meet: LGBTQIA+ group, Loyola Institute of Ministry graduate student group. Past affinity groups have included: Athletics, Spanish Speaking, Secular.

 

Please contact Sarah Mernaugh at sbmernau@loyno.edu if you have any questions about Ignatian Life Communities.