Loyola Jesuit Center Gives Gift of Peace and Hope to Homeless This Holiday Season

Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown, in partnership with the Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP), recently hosted a follow-up “Evening of Prayer” and dinner for twelve women from Eva’s Village who had attended a weekend retreat there in October. The women commented that being at Loyola has had a profound impact on them, strengthening their faith, giving them hope and empowering them to go on. In addition to receiving spiritual gifts of hope, peace and faith while at Loyola, the women also received prayer shawls donated by St. Thomas the Apostle in Oak Ridge, St. John Vianney in Stockholm, and St. Philip the Apostle in Clifton; neck warmers donated by the Quilting Ministry of Notre Dame of Mt. Carmel in Cedar Knolls and bags of toiletries donated by St. Aloysius Parish in Caldwell. Loyola provides eight ISP retreats a year for men and women in need as a gift to them. For more information on Loyola Jesuit Center’s Homeless Retreat Program or to support this ministry financially, visit www.loyola.org or call 973-539-0740. (Photo courtesy of Loyola Jesuit Center)