Magis

Ignatian Youth Movement

Our school leavers are introduced to an Ignatian youth movement for those aged 18-30yrs. It is known as “Magis” and our graduating students are encouraged to make contact via the website: https://jesuits-eum.org/what-we-do/youth/

Magis is a long-term project designed to foster Ignatian Spirituality in young adults aged 18 to 30.

The aim of Magis is to produce leaders - people with a sense of God’s place in their lives and a capacity to do something to build a better world.

Magis08, the Ignatian program with World Youth Day 2008, was the first major project under this ministry.

All who participate in the program are offered a relationship with Jesus, based on the life experiences of St Ignatius Loyola.

St. Ignatius used the word magis to talk about a quest for the greater good, always striving for the greater glory of God. In this context, magis or "the more" is used like an adverb:

• to see more (clearly)

• to love more (dearly)

• to follow more (closely)

thereby emphasising the quality or intensity of our doing, instead of simply the act of doing.

The Magis program aims to walk with young adults discovering their identity in their work, at home, and in relationship with others. We are each at a different place in our search for, or walk with, God.

Magis offers a stepping stone along the way, and companions for the road.

For more information on Magis visit: http://www.jesuit.org.au