As the editor writes in the foreword: ‘All human experience holds a perennial vitality, no matter how long its significance has been hidden from our eyes. The work of our authors has measured the rhythm of the pulse of history and brought it to bear on the many challenges we face today.’
This issue brings together a range of articles from different perspectives that reflect the place of human experience in history.
The lead article in the October issue is written by Sr Theresa White fcJ who offers a bold invitation to those in religious life. She calls them to prepare the way for the future, describing the religious community as fundamentally centred upon God:
‘Contemplation is the energy of their life, the core of their identity. Their role is to bring to visibility what is Good News for the present time, not only by reaching out to unbelievers but, above all, by witnessing to the values of the Kingdom of God.’
Religious communities, she says, ‘are open to visitations of grace.’ Here is a short and inspiring video message from the author.
The Way has also made her article available free for download here.
Amongst the other highlights of this issue are articles on vocation as a process of constant discernment; the Jesuit composer and missionary Domenico Zipoli; trauma and the Spiritual Exercises; the role of community and prayer in discernment; and the time-honoured question of how best to conclude a retreat. We are also grateful to our sister publication Thinking Faith for permission to republish Thomas Flowers’s article on Pierre Favre’s refreshingly contemporary approach to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
The Way is the quarterly review of Christian Spirituality published by the Jesuits in Britain. Its first issue was released in 1961 in response to the growing need for a renewal of spirituality in the Church.
Since then, it has reflected continually on the human experience of God in the Christian tradition from an Ignatian perspective. It has played an important role in the development of Ignatian spirituality in the English-speaking world. As well as the four yearly issues, it provides an online Ignatian bookshop and has recently published an illustrated guide to the sculptures of Rory Geoghegan SJ entitled ‘Works for the Spirit’ available here.
After fifteen years, Paul Nicholson SJ has stepped down from the editorship of The Way and Philip Harrison SJ has been appointed as editor. He will be ably assisted by the hard-working assistant editor Elizabeth Lock from the offices of The Way at Campion Hall. Over the next years the journal will continue to maintain its academic standard while finding creative ways to increase its impact and readership by bringing authors and readers into encounter. The October 2022 issue is now available to subscribers.
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