- creation is good; creation is the outpouring of God's love to the universe

- the life we have been given is a joyous opportunity

- "alternative orthodoxy"; does not challenge doctrines and teachings, but emphasizes different ideas

- strive to find God in all things good and bad

- live simply with the earth and other people

- The world is full of signs of God

https://franciscanaction.org/earthcorps/spirituality

- established the Society of Jesus in 1540

- "Find God in all things"

- grounded in the conviction that God is active in our world

- mission to find God in our everyday lives

- Spiritual Exercises devised by St. Ignatius before he was even ordained a preist

- gratitude, passion, & humility

- "contemplatives in action"

- service; "men and women for others"

- education

http://jesuits.org/spirituality

- mission of preaching

- always seeking new ways to express God's touch

- "To praise, To bless to preach"

- all of creation is a gift from God

- All of life is a word from God, so they hold the message to preach it

- seeking the truth and light

- "act contemplative and competitively act"

- study, prayer, community, ministry

http://www.domlife.org/beingdominican/Spirituality/DominicanSpirituality.htm