Maureen Waldron of Creighton University thinks that Jesuits should make special efforts to expand the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises to include the lay people who work in Jesuit/Ignatian ministries. “Freely offering them the Exercises, will support partners in ministry in exploring more deeply the roots of Ignatian spirituality and help them have a clearer understanding of the spirit and mission of these shared ministries,” she writes.
Waldron, who blogs here at dotMagis, describes the impressive efforts she and her colleagues at Creighton have made to adapt the Exercises for a wide lay audience. These efforts include Creighton’s Online Retreat, which has also been published as a book, Retreat in the Real World.