Welcome!
Associates serve in schools, universities, hospitals, businesses, social service programs, parishes, and a variety of other settings. Some work in traditional Jesuit institutions and ministries, while others bring the mission of the Jesuits to new situations. In all walks of life, we act out of our practice of Ignatian Spirituality. As Associates, we learn to stretch our abilities to minister in different cultural contexts, as we walk with the poor and marginalized.
Promised Ignatian Associates and our Jesuit companions meet regularly for Eucharist, faith sharing, hospitality, continued formation and ministry discussions. Our many ministries are bound by one common mission of service, however the Spirit may lead us.
Ignatian Associates are only one way in which non-Jesuits consciously work as companions to Jesuits in ministry in the United States and throughout the world. In a broader context, many religious congregations have Associates.
More information about the Ignatian Associates is available here.
