Welcome! You have just begun the journey on Caminos, a two-year set of meetings designed for university Christian Life Community (CLC) small groups. University CLC is one part of a larger national and global lay community informed by Ignatian Spirituality and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. If you are university student, young adult, or young at heart, we hope that you will find resources here that are useful for your faith journey and that of fellow companions “on the way.”

How to Use this Resource

How do I best use Caminos with my group and other pressing questions?

Parts of a Meeting

What does each part of a CLC meeting involve and how can I creatively adapt it to my group?

Facilitating a Young Adult CLC Group

In order to better serve others, we remain rooted in the Ignatian principle of Cura Personalis, or caring for the whole person.

Tips for Leading Effective Discussions

Good discussions will give young people the opportunity to think about a question and decide how he or she feels about the topic.

About this Project

What is the story behind Caminos and how did it come to be?

1.01 Recollecting, Reconnecting

How has God been present on the journey?

1.02 Beloved from the Beginning

Can you imagine a God who dreamed you personally into being?

1.03 Pilgrims on the Journey

Are you on a journey? Where are you going?

1.04 Sharing our Journey 1

What is your story? How have you gotten here?

1.05 Sharing our Journey 2

What is your story? How have you gotten here?

1.06 Becoming One of Us

Who is a God who would choose to become part of humanity?

1.07 Sharing our Journey 3

What is your story? How have you gotten here?

1.08 Sharing our Journey 4

What is your story? How have you gotten here?

1.09 Sharing our Journey 5

What is your story? How have you gotten here?

1.10 Favored by God

Can you imagine a God who takes deep joy in you?

1.11 Sharing our Journey 6

What is your story? How have you gotten here?

1.12 Sharing our Journey 7

What is your story? How have you gotten here?

1.13 Gifts & Graces

How have you been gifted as a group? For what are you grateful?

2.01 Recollecting, Reconnecting

How has God been present on the journey?

2.02 What’s the Point?

What is the central focus of my life?

2.03 What I Want Most

What are the deepest longings of my heart?

2.04 The Voice of God

How do I begin to listen for God? Is that God or am I crazy?!

2.05 Attitudes of Awareness

How does God communicate uniquely to me? What is God saying?

2.06 Broken and Loved?

Do I believe that I can be genuinely loved just as I am?

2.07 Being Real about Loneliness

I experience loneliness…often. Am I the only one?!

2.08 The Fire Within

I want to be deeply connected to others! How do I have healthy intimacy?

2.09 Friend Me

How do I cultivate life-giving relationships in my life?

2.10 Sexuality & Spirituality

I am a sexual being! It has nothing to do with God… or does it?

2.11 Deep Desires & Deep Fears

What do I long for? What stands in the way?

2.12 Gifts & Addictions

Do I accept God’s gifts freely or do I cling to them?

2.13 In the Face of Suffering

I don’t like to hurt. How can I be faithful in suffering?

2.14 Called to Compassion

How can I connect my suffering with the suffering of others around me? How can I justly love others?

2.15 Your Faith Has Saved You

How is healing needed for myself or others in my life?

2.16 Gifts & Graces

How have we been gifted as a group? For what are we grateful?

3.01 Recollecting, Reconnecting

How has God been present on the journey?

3.02 Glimpses of God

Where is God breaking through? What are you being invited to?

3.03 Gifted to Serve

How is my vocation being revealed through my gifts and talents?

3.04 Called to Serve

Do I believe that I am uniquely called by God?

3.05 Heroic Yes

Do you have to be extraordinary to live out your calling?

3.06 My Gifts and the World’s Needs

Where do my gifts respond to the greatest need?

3.07 Traveling Through Transitions

How are you sustained in the “in between” moments of the Camino?

3.08 Waiting… Patiently…

Are you able to be free while waiting for God’s timing?

3.09 Do I have a Place in the Church?

I wonder if the Church is truly a place I can belong…

3.10 My Vocation Revealed

How do I make decisions faithful to who I truly am?

3.11 New Life

Where does my hope lie? Is there a promise beyond the challenge, suffering, and questions?

3.12 Habits. Growth. Balance.

How can I sustain my faith and well-being on the Camino?

3.13 Looking Back on the Camino

Where has our group grown together? How has the shared Camino been graced?