Vocation, Direction, Reflection

This program consists of a weekly guided reflection with a group of 5-6 people.  If you're interested in joining a group for Fall 2010, contact the office.

Vocation = life calling, not just your major or your career, but where YOUR SKILLS and PASSIONS meet the WORLD’s NEED.

LC is a guided reflection time based on the ideals of caring for each individual’s holistic development and drawing out their unique gifts in the service of others.  It is not a bible study or a support group.   It’s a commitment to exploring your life’s questions and dreams, and it’s free!

How does LC differ from other programs at ECM?
LC is a commitment to intense, guided reflection about your life.  There’s no homework, but your presence each week is an essential gift to yourself and others.  Members are challenged to explore, reflect, and integrate their beliefs, goals, and actions- through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and a concern for the poor and oppressed.  They may reflect on their experiences in other ECM programs, or at college, or in the community.  Through both focused and fun activities, members develop tools for recognizing their calling in life as they strive to discern vocational direction.

Who might benefit from a Life is Calling group?
Anyone who asks themselves, “What next?  What now?  Where might I be fulfilled?”  and wants to explore these questions with others.  One of the greatest benefits of LC is its capacity to both support and challenge members in their search for meaning in life.  If seeking answers to questions about direction in your life is pressing, make time for LC.

Are LCs only for undergraduate students?
No!  LCs  are designed to meet people’s needs for discernment and reflective community, and all people- from undergrads to grads to profs to community adults- are needed to participate in a process that grows us as individuals interacting within community.

Are LCs religious?  Do I have to be a Christian to participate?
Not necessarily and definitely not.  By focusing on your own jounrey, you can explore and define what is spiritual for you: writing, building, swimming, healing, computing,  yoga, etc.

ECM
1204 Oread Ave. Lawrence, KS, 66049
Phone: (785) 843-4933  
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We work with the books What Color is Your Parachute? and Big Questions, Worthy Dreams.

Students, mid-life crisisers, and others are asking big questions, trying to find themselves and their purpose in life as it connects to the greater good.  Based, in part, in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, Life is Calling provides people with tools and a safe space to explore these questions with friends and mentors in the context of faith, hope, and a concern for justice.