The Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus: Walking with the Excluded Walk

During the current Ignatian Year, the Loyola Institute for Spirituality and the LMU Center for Religion and Spirituality invite you to the final of five webinars the Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus featuring theologian Kim Harris, Ph.D.

To Participate
This event is free and open to the public, and will be streamed on Facebook Live at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. Viewers will be able to participate in the Q&A via the comments section.

About the Universal Apostolic Preferences
The Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus, or UAPs, are the fruit of a two-year process of discernment that took place in the heart of the Jesuit order. The Preferences give a horizon, a point of reference to the whole Society of Jesus and to their partners in mission, and offer a useful perspective for the whole Church. The new Preferences are four areas vital for our world today:

• Showing the way to God: Show the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment 
• Walking with the Excluded: Walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice
• Journeying with Youth: Accompany young people in the creation of a hope-filled future
• Caring for our Common Home: Collaborate, with Gospel depth, for the protection and renewal of God’s Creation

The Society of Jesus will pay special attention to them in the next ten years, and the Jesuits invite everyone to reflect on them and put them into action. You can learn more at Jesuits.Global Web site.

About the Speaker
Kim Harris, Ph.D. is assistant professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, specializing in African American thought and practice. A prominent Catholic liturgist, Dr. Harris composed “Welcome Table: A Mass of Spirituals”, one of the complete Mass settings featured in the Lead Me Guide Me Black Catholic Hymnal, Volume #2. Dr. Harris teaches, records and travels the nation, lecturing on the music of African American freedom traditions, and leading music in a variety of liturgical settings.