Lauren Schwer

Director, Ignatian Spirituality

Lauren Schwer is the Director of Ignatian Spirituality at Loyola University Chicago, where she develops mission-based content for faculty and staff, and she coordinates the Spiritual Exercises for students, faculty, and staff. She teaches CATH 296: All Things Ignatian for the Catholic Studies minor, and also teaches courses on Ignatian Spirituality in the Institute for Pastoral Studies and directs internships for the Jesuit community at Loyola. She served as the Associate Director in Campus Ministry for eleven years, and completed a Doctor in Ministry at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.