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Ignatian Formation

Opportunities for Faculty and Staff 

The Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education provides ways for SCU faculty, staff, and administrators to deepen their understanding of SCU’s Jesuit, Catholic mission,
to make it their own, and to discover and experience some of the many facets of Ignatian spirituality.

2025-26 Opportunities Listed by Quarter

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IGNATIAN FORMATION BY PROGRAM

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Bannan Forum

The Bannan Forum collaboratively leads faculty, staff, administrators, and students in advancing the Jesuit, Catholic vocation of SCU as a transformative social force, building a more humane, just, and sustainable world.

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Ignatian Spirituality

Rooted in the life and work of St Ignatius of Loyola, most notably his Spiritual Exercises, Ignatian Spirituality encompasses ways of viewing reality, understanding the human person, and responding to the world’s needs and to God’s invitation.

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Mission Engagement

Mission Engagement partners to build the relationships, structures, and programs that accompany faculty and staff of all faith traditions and human ideals in knowing our Jesuit, Catholic mission to claiming their role in cultivating the mission. 

MEET THE TEAM

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Aaron Willis

Director, Ignatian Formation and the Bannan Forum

(408) 554-4383  |  awillis@scu.edu

Ana Karen Barragan - Sr. Program Director, Immersions

Ana Karen Barragan

Director, Mission Engagement 

(408) 551-3679  |  abarraganfernandez@scu.edu

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Tony Cortese

Director, Ignatian Spirituality

(408) 554-5358  |  acortese@scu.edu

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Nayeli Carmona Perez

Program Manager, Ignatian Formation

(408) 554-4715  |  ncarmonaperez@scu.edu

Bill O'Neill, SJ

Bill O'Neill, SJ

Resident Scholar, Ignatian Center

(408) 551-1951
woneill@scu.edu