Ignacio Companions (IC) Global Encounter Program
IC Kenya 2025
Post-Encounter Day of Reflection
IC Galapagos 2025
IC Jamaica 2025
faith seeking global justice
Global Encounter Trips:
Ignacio Companions is a year-long invitation to live out Pope Francis’s call to all people of goodwill to create a culture of encounter.
Encounter means not just seeing, but looking; not just hearing, but listening; not just passing people by, but stopping with them; and allowing yourself to be moved with compassion to action.
Participants are challenged to expand their worldview, open themselves to the reality of all they encounter on the journey, and to find God in all things. Through creating a global culture of encounter, IC trips encourage participants to live out a faith that seeks global justice.
Commitments
encounter. reflect. respond.
1. Pre-Trip Formation
Weekly small community weeks that consist of community building, education, on-going spiritual formation, and Ignatian reflection
2. Global Encounter
Learn about the social, political, and religious realities from our partner communities by centering those who have first-hand experience
3. Post-Encounter Action
Reflection on our experiences so that we may translate our learning into action
Core Values:
- Spiritual Exploration
- Transformation
- Global Community
- Intersectional Justice
- Sustainability
Applications are currently open:
IC Student Leader Application – Due March 14, 2025
IC Participant Application – Due March 14, 2025
2026 Trips January 1-11th (Tentatively):
Cost for trips - $1550
- Financial assistance is available
IC Care for Creation
Location: Galapagos
Community Partner: Xplore Galapagos
IC Reconciliation & Justice
Location: Kenya
Community Partner: The Proposed Hekima University
IC Accompaniment & Faith
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Community Partner: Mustard Seed Community
IC Migration Justice
Location: US-Mexico Border
Community Partner: TBA
IC Called to Community
Location: TBA
Community Partner: TBA