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BRIEF: Ignatian scholar coming to Spokane retreat center

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June 4, 2014

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Internationally recognized Ignatian scholar Paul Coutinho will be leading a Day of Reflection at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center on June 25, titled, The Silence between the Notes Makes the Music of my Life – A Day of Reflection on Eastern Spirituality & Mysticism.

Coutinho is an internationally recognized Ignatian scholar, author, and speaker who brings an Eastern flavor to Western spirituality. A native of India, he frequently leads retreats, gives spiritual direction, and trains people to lead the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. He has a doctorate in historical theology from Saint Louis University, according to a press release.

The Day of Reflection will be from 9 a.m – 3 p.m. It includes three conferences, and lunch. Cost is $35 per person Register in advance by calling (509) 448-1224 or online.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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