2013 Annual Gathering: Workshop #2B: Walking in the Footsteps of Christ

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WELCOME AND OPENING PRAYER

The Lord is my strength and my shield in whom

my heart trusts, and I find help; then my

heart exults and with my song I give himthanks.

Psalm 28



I arise today, through

The strength of heaven,

The light of sun,

Radiance of moon,

Splendor of fire,

Speed of lightning,

Swiftness of wind,

Depth of the sea,

Stability of the earth,

Firmness of rock.

I arise today, through

God's strength to pilot me,

God's eye to look before me,

God's wisdom to guide me,

God’s way to lie before me,

God's shield to protect me,

From all who shall wish me ill, afar and

near, alone and in a multitude.

Against every cruel, merciless power that

may oppose my body and soul

Christ with me,

Christ before me,

Christ behind me,

Christ in me,

Christ beneath me,

Christ above me,

Christ on my right,Christ on my left,

Christ when I lie down,

Christ when I sit down,

Christ when I arise, Christ to shield me

Christ in the heart of every one who

thinks of me,

Christ in the mouth of everyone who

speaks of me.

I arise today.

THE DEER’S CRY (ST PATRICK’S BREASTPLATE)



Brief Overview ofour encore

volunteers

Brief Overview of

how we engage

volunteers

Panel Dialogue

Participant

Dialogue

Q & A

TODAY’S SESSION



ENGAGING ENCORE VOLUNTEERS

§ Who are this group of people?§ All ages from 55 and older, average age about 67 (in our program)

§ A cohort that desires to be active and maintain well being throughout

retirement;

§ Most experts who study this group recognize that the way this group will live

out retirement years will be very different than past generations;

§ With health advances and awareness, this group of people will be the mostactive and engaged that we have seen.

§ What are their particular gifts and needs?

§ More graduates from college than ever before in a retirement group;

§ This means a lot of knowledge, skills and a desire to bring those to service;



ENGAGING ENCORE VOLUNTEERS

§ This group wants to contribute to society but not necessarily in a traditional way.§ They strive to balance social engagement with family engagement (grandkids).

§ This group is very savvy and wants to provide service to programs and work, aresuccessful and are managed well.

§ What does a typical Encore experience look like?

§ Dedicated, hard working, goal oriented

§ Patient, high regard for duty

§ Respectful of authority

§ Team oriented, community involvement

§ Personal growth

§ Adaptive to diverse environments

§ Optimistic



VOLUNTEER MOMENTS

Creating volunteer opportunities that:

are community focused,

inspire creativity,

have moments for personal growth and development,

invite use of knowledge and skills,engage an optimistic, hopeful spirit,

rely on hard work and responsibility,

provide results that are experienced by the volunteer regularly.



COMPANIONS IN SERVICE AND SPIRITUALITY

Companions in Ignatian Service and Spirituality is an innovative Bay Areaorganization that engages adults, 50 years and older, in meaningful

service to the marginalized alongside a thoughtful program of individual

and communal prayer.

Our model taps into the desire of our elders to share skills and knowledge

through volunteer action, while at the same time offering a year long

experience of faith formation based on the Spiritual Exercises of StIgnatius.

Launched in 2008 in Santa Clara, California in partnership with the Jesuit Western

Province, we now have three communities (South Bay, East Bay and San

Francisco). Our program started in the East Bay at the Jesuit School of Theology

in 2010, and we are starting a cohort from San Francisco this fall.



IGNATIAN COMPANIONS

Our Program integrates service engagement with spiritual formation byfocusing on 5 mission-driven components. As such, our Companions

participate make the commitment to:

Daily Prayer: using our Spiritual Exercises Guide

Weekly Service to the poor: of at least 8-10 hours

Monthly Group Gatherings: of our Companion community at SCUor JST

Monthly Individual Spiritual Direction

Annual Attendance at our two retreats in September and June



TODAY’S PANELISTS

Stan Fitzgerald

Elizabeth Lilly

Rita Mitchell



Who are your “encorevolunteers?”

What needs do youhave for yourprogram to better

engage encorevolunteers?

Are there ways toincorporatecommunitybuilding andpersonal/faithgrowth into yourprogram?

What questions doyou have for ustoday?

DYAD CONVERSATIONS



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



ST IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

“God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life andbe happy with him forever. God's purpose in creating us is to draw forth fromus a response of love and service here on earth, so that we may attain our

goal of everlasting happiness with him in heaven.

All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by

which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him

more faithfully.

As a result, we ought to appreciate and use these gifts of God insofar as theyhelp us toward our goal of loving service and union with God. But insofar asany created things hinder our progress toward our goal, we ought to let them

go.”



Companions in Ignatian Service and Spirituality

www.ignatiancompanions.org

Jenny Girard Malley, MA

Regional Director

2013 Annual Gathering: Workshop #2B: Walking in the Footsteps of Christ

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