Ignatian Spirituality and the Birth of the Modern Catholic Self
Event Details
Date
Monday, April 6, 2026
Time
6 p.m.
Location
7200 Law Building
Description
This talk explores how the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola provided a structure for the construction of a modern self that, because of its personal and institutional connection to the Church, resisted the kind of fragmentation and anomie that has plagued modern notions of self.
Fr. Patrick Gilger, S.J., Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of the McNamara Center for the Social Study of Religion at Loyola University Chicago.
Fr. Patrick Gilger, S.J., Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of the McNamara Center for the Social Study of Religion at Loyola University Chicago.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-322-7746 or email cklingele@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Monday, March 23, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.