The Ignatian Spirituality of Gerard Manley Hopkins

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November 10, 2020 | As a member of the Society of Jesus, Gerard Manley Hopkins found in The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola the foundation for his own spirituality. The Exercises offer a sacramental vision of the world, finding God present in his creation, laboring with and sustaining the men and women he has created. The source for that vision is the Incarnation, God’s taking on human form and entering into human history, making it possible for human persons to share in his divinity as he shares in their humanity.
In conversation with Professor Michael Scott, Professor Michael Collins will suggest how The Spiritual Exercises and St. Ignatius’ incarnational vision of the world affirm, inform, and shape some of Hopkins’ best-known poems. They will also consider the relation between the complex linguistic form of the poems and their celebration of the grandeur of God in the ordinary world of our lives.