Published at Jesuits.org: How Ignatian Indifference Helped Me Realize I Had to Leave a Dream Job

by Dan Masterton

Today, Jesuits.org published a piece I wrote about how some elements of Ignatian spirituality ironically helped me discern to leave a dream job at a Jesuit institution. This is a testament to the Jesuit charism and how it animates the institutions and communities where it flows.

For many years, I dreamed about working in a Cristo Rey Network school. Then, last summer, the right job came open at the right time. I applied, interviewed, and was invited to work in campus ministry at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago. The job was a dream come true, with one caveat. I’m a (mostly) stay-at-home dad who works part-time to make a little extra money but I’m focused primarily on my daughters, Lucy and Cecilia, and our family home life. 

After Lucy was born, I returned to the same job with the same students, just in reduced hours; here, I’d be starting in a part-time role at a new school. This is a difference I underestimated.

This is a testament to the folks I worked with for my brief time at Cristo Rey and a hearken back to fine friends who first subsumed me into Jesuit spirituality, especially Jimmy, Steph, Dave, and Erin.

Read the full piece at Jesuits.org!