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An Insight into the Memoirs of St. Ignatius of Loyola with Fr. Barton Geger, S.J.
RECORDED ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021
Presented by Rev. Barton Geger, S.J., Assistant Professor of the Practice at the School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College; Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther, Arts '85, Grad '88, '98, Senior Mission and Ignatian Leadership Specialist, University Advancement, Marquette University
As we continue to celebrate the Ignatian Year, join us for a virtual conversation with Fr. Bart Geger, S.J., editor of the most recently published A Pilgrim’s Testament: The Memoirs of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Learn more about Fr. Geger's inspiration for this project and what he learned along the way.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Early Jesuits urged Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Society of Jesus, to share the story of how God had worked in his soul. His memoirs, they hoped, would inspire and guide Jesuits and other readers for years to come. Fr. Barton Geger, provides a new introduction and original annotations for this edition of A Pilgrim’s Testament. Geger includes fascinating notes that accompany this important text, making the autobiography of Ignatius of Loyola more accessible to all.
Purchase Fr. Geger’s version of A Pilgrim’s Testament: The Memoirs of Saint Ignatius of Loyola from the Institute of Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College or on Amazon.
More about the session
Rev. Barton Geger, S.J., assistant professor of the Practice at the School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College, from St. Louis, Missouri, entered the Society of Jesus in 1990. In 2010, he received a doctorate in sacred theology at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid with a dissertation on the Jesuit Constitutions. From 2010 to 2016 he was a theology teacher and director of Ignatian Programming at Regis University in Denver, Colorado; he was also rector of the Jesuit communities at Regis University and St. Ignatius Loyola Parish. Since 2016 he is general editor of the quarterly monograph series "Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits." Since 2017, he has been assistant professor of the practice at the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, and a research scholar at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, also at Boston College, where he is currently revising Fr. George Ganss' ground-breaking 1970 English-language edition of the Jesuit Constitutions. His personal project is a translation of an obscure, heretofore unpublished manuscript by Rev. Pedro Ribadeneira, S.J. (1527-1611) on perseverance in a Jesuit vocation.
Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther, senior mission and Ignatian leadership specialist, University Advancement, Marquette University, have/has served as adjunct faculty for undergraduates and clinical adjunct faculty for graduate students at Marquette University. Kathy received a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Marquette University and a certificate in spiritual direction from the Aquinas Institute of Theology. For many years, Kathy has worked with a particular emphasis in Ignatian spirituality as a means for healthy spiritual and emotional living. Kathy has also served as a spiritual director, speaker and consultant to religious congregations, clergy and religious, and parishes focusing on the work of community building, conflict resolution and spiritual growth. Kathy serves as current consultant for diaconate formation in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and served as the past co-chair of the Community Advisory Board for Clergy Abuse in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.