성덕을 향해 함께 걷는 수도자와 평신도: 예수회와 여성 평신도의 협력

Religious and Lay, Walking Towards Holiness: Cooperation between the Society of Jesus and Lay Women

In order to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Lay People of the Catholic Church in Korea in 2018, this article considers the lay faithful’s identity and mission from the point of the universal call to holiness and cooperation. In particular, this study examines the collaboration between the Society of Jesus and lay women in relation to the sentire cum ecclesia. The procedure of this study firstly begins with the charism and vocation of St. Ignatius of Loyola who collaborated with lay women, walking in the path of holiness. Second, this research paper reflects on Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitutions on the Church and on the documents of St. Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis that discuss the universal call to the holiness and collaboration. Also, this paper studies the documents of the General Congregation of the Society of Jesus that read God’s signs of the times by following the attitude of creative fidelity. Third, this article seeks to the path of holiness and collaboration mindful of the present challenge of the Catholic Church in Korea. Finally, this paper will draw out of a vision of religious and lay people’s walking towards holiness. On the one hand, it proposes the inner attitude of humility, deep listening, and discernment in common. On the other hand, it suggests lay women’s commitment to participate in jesuit formation, intellectual collaboration, and leadership formation.