Letting the Love Light Shine

The Messina Ignatian Leadership Society is hosting a "Love in Action" campaign with the hopes of igniting a spark within the Boston College community to recognize the love that exists in the everyday actions that are all around us. Throughout the week of April 4-8th there will be a series of events that illustrate how love "shows itself more in deeds than in words," according to Saint Ignatius of Loyola. This week will be a great opportunity for the students of Boston College to come to a better understanding of what it means to attend a Jesuit institution.

The main event of this week-long campaign is a panel discussion with some of Boston College's most prominent professors including Mark O'Connor of the Arts and Science Honors Program, John Cawthorne of the Lynch School of Education, Betty Bagnani of the Carroll School of Management, and Colleen Simonelli of the Connell School of Nursing. They will be discussing how their work at BC has been a work dedicated to the flourishing of others and how that in itself is a remarkable act of love. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about the resources that Ignatian prayer has to motivate hearts towards love in action.

This week has been a collaborative effort between Messina Ignatian Leadership Society and a variety of other groups on campus including CURA, the Ignatian Society, and Kairos. We hope to inspire students to take the time to think about the love in their lives, how they express love towards others, and how prayer is a tool for integration. Look for us on Facebook to learn more about the events of the week..

Laura Mintel

Messina Ignatian Leadership Society