Phase One – Starting

Ignatian discernment in common experts will meet in Spain between November 23rd and December 3rd 2025. This is the core group that will drive the project forward.

Next steps and how you can get involved

If you are a Jesuit major superior or a major superior of another congregation and feel you have someone with the expertise to be part of this project, please contact John Dardis - [email protected].

Profile: they should be people who are free on the dates mentioned and who can give 10-12 days of their time during 2026 and again in 2017 to carry out local trainings.

If you are a lay person with expertise in this area and wish to put your name forward please contact John Dardis - [email protected].

REGISTRATION FORM

Phase Two – Sharing

In this phase the expert teams who gathered in Spain will make themselves available to train facilitators of discernment in common at local and regional level.

These facilitators in turn will be available to the local Church.

Next steps - how you can get involved

Jesuit and Ignatian major superiors can send names of people who can be good facilitators - or who are already facilitators but need more training - to [email protected].

They should be people who can do the initial training – a 10 day commitment. They should also be people who can be available to work as facilitators of discernment processes at local level. We can consider also younger people in a later stage of their formation or newly ordained or vowed and who have potential to develop in this area.

Phase 3 - Strengthening

We hope that Resource Centres/Hubs in Discernment in Common will develop organically in the various conferences; they can also be Resource Centres for Discerning Leadership.

How to take part

It's not too early to start thinking and discerning about a suitable place that can be a Hub or a Resource Centre in your part of the world. Major superiors are encouraged to talk together about the possibilities. Together we can make the dream of Pope Francis a reality.