Getting organized for 2009-2010

As incoming director, this is my first cycle of preparation for a new year at the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality, beginning in September 2009. This has a difficult task for me, which involved creating new programmes and renewing old ones, marketing them, and making sure that our financial base is secure. But the help of many friends, some of whom are faithful volunteers at the Centre, have made this task not only possible, but also into a work of faith, hope, and love.

Getting the job done is a source of great satisfaction to me, but realizing that I was not alone in taking on this task, that all sorts of people were enthusiastic and ready to help, has given me a sense of enthusiasm as we face a future not without its challenges. The friends and supporters which George Leach our founding director enlisted are still on board. Thank God for that!

We trust that the programmes we have scheduled will meet needs you have expressed, and be in conformity with our own Ignatian charism. As we continue, we will be able to refine and adjust and perhaps open up new horizons in our service of the people of the Atlantic provinces. We are few, and limited in our time and energy, but what we do we do with a grateful heart. We may add some programmes for this year -- they will be posted in the usual places on the web-site and we will notify our list of participants actual and potential.