Ignatian Inspirations Email Series

In November 2025, LMU community members shared stories about how Ignatian spirituality and education has shaped their lives.

Browse all reflections below. You can also sign up here to get future email series sent directly to your inbox!

All Reflections

• Pray for Courage Instead
  Marissa Papula (Director, Campus Ministry)
  
  
• The Space to Test Our Convictions
  Mairead Sullivan (Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Director of the Core Curriculum)
  
  
• Experience God Surprisingly Close
  Gabrielle Poma, ('21, MA '24, Writer and Editor for Presidential Communications)
  
  
• The More We Seek Together
  Tom Gutto (Proud double alumnus, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Enrollment)
  
  
• More Than The Reason That Brought You Together
  Stuart Moskovitz (Director for LGBT Student Services and Resident Minister in Rosecrans Hall)
  
  
• “A Citizen of the World, Jesuit Style”: Fr. Patrick J. Ryan, SJ (1939-2025)
  Amir Hussain (Professor of Theological Studies)
  
  
• Finding God in the Ebbs and Flows
  Hawley Almstedt (teaches nutrition and exercise science classes in the Department of Health and Human Sciences)
  
  
• Befriend Books, Befriend the World
  Elizabeth Drummond (Director of the Marymount Institute and Associate Professor of History)
  
  
• The Awe That Inspires Inquiry
  Nicole Bouvier-Brown (Professor and Chair of Environmental Science, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Co-director of the Coastal Research Institute [CRI])
  
  
• Living Into the Meaning
  MaryAnne Huepper, CSJ, M.A. (Director of the CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice)
  
  
• In the Spirit of Solidarity: The Work of Restoring Relationship
  Dr. Julia Wade (Director for Generative Dialogue and Restorative Practices)
  
  
• Agapé in Action
  jamal epperson (Assistant Director of Mission Integration)
  
  
• Formed by Formation: An Inherited Ignatian Compass
  Anthony Mangar '22 (Assistant Director of Admissions and Recruitment, School of Education)
  
  
• Recognizing Each Other as Companions
  Kat Brown '10, M.A. '16 (Director of Mission and Identity Programs)
  
  
• Finding God in the Hard and the Good
  Emily McLaughlin (Executive Director for Major Gifts)
  
  
• Precious Cargo: The Sacred Work of Accompaniment
  Patrick Furlong '06, Ed.D 22 (Director of the Pam Rector Center for Service and Action)
  
  
• Playing Fully Alive
  Allie Holmquist (Campus Minister for International Immersion)
  
  
• When God Has a Sense of Humor
  John Sebastian (Senior Vice President for Mission)

This series is sponsored by Campus Ministry and the Center for Mission and Identity and is part of LMU's annual celebration of its mission and identity, Us/Here/Now.

For more info or questions, email us at ministry@lmu.edu.