Ignatian Business Chapters

BALANCING FAITH-BASED VALUES AND YOUR LIFE'S WORK

As a business person, you make tough decisions, manage differing agendas, and juggle multiple demands. As a person of faith, you want to lead with principle and make a positive impact in your work and personal life. How can you balance these important, yet sometimes conflicting, aspects of your life?

You don't have to go it alone. Join a trusted circle of "fellow travelers" who explore important themes of work, faith, and life together. Chart a course for confident leadership in all realms of professional and personal life.

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How IBC Works

Each Ignatian Business Chapter is a forum of trust in which professionals can reframe business as a vocation compatible with faithful living. The chapter facilitates the interpersonal connections and meaningful dialogue that are at the heart of the Ignatian business experience.

Professionals are drawn to Ignatian Business Chapters by a shared desire to align professional success with personal values. They strive to approach business decisions in ways that reflect their faith and values, and positively impact their organizations on a deeper level. What's more, they want to contribute to a society that serves the human spirit, the local community, and the world at large.

Members are invited to follow a roadmap for conscientious professional and personal growth. Chapter members strengthen their business sense and sense of purpose, encouraging each other along the way.

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Process

Chapters take a deliberate and thoughtful approach based on a proven small-group discussion model. The experience is enriched as members bring their own insights to every discussion. This process results in incremental, cumulative personal growth.

Local groups meet each month at locations such as corporate conferences rooms, cafeterias, college campuses, alumni offices, retreat centers, and parish meeting rooms. Effective chapters benefit from consistent member participation yet attendance is flexible to allow for the complexity of work and family schedules, business travel, and other obligations.

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Meeting Format

A typical meeting lasts for 90 minutes and includes the following:

  • Introductions Reading of the IBC Mission Statement
  • Reading of Scripture
  • Silent Scripture Reflection
  • Discussion of Scripture Reflection
  • Presentation of the Discussion Topic
  • Topic Discussion
  • Reflection and Meeting Evaluation
  • Closing Prayer
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Want to Learn More About Starting or Joining an Ignatian Business Chapter?

START A CHAPTER

Local Ignatian Business Chapters are organized through colleges, universities, and alumni organizations, local business leaders or associations, and parishes, with names to reflect their unique character. A chapter coordinator schedules meetings, communicates with members regularly, and facilitates discussion. The group also may select a chaplain who advances theological reflection

 

FIND + JOIN A CHAPTER

Local Ignatian Business Chapters are organized through colleges, universities, and alumni organizations, local business leaders or associations, and parishes, with names to reflect their unique character. A chapter coordinator schedules meetings, communicates with members regularly, and facilitates discussion. The group also may select a chaplain who advances theological reflection.

 

RECRUIT OTHERS

The initial team of four to eight members extends personal invitations to another 35-50 professionals. This process normally results in a core group of 25 that yields a consistent 10-15 person meeting attendance.

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