Baltimore, Maryland
About CLA-Baltimore
We launched our first CLA cohort in Baltimore in 2018.
St. Ignatius Church, a Jesuit parish on N. Calvert Street is our home for monthly cohort sessions.
The cohort is facilitated by Kate Haser, our coordinator in Baltimore.
Are you interested in CLA-Baltimore?
Meet Kate Haser!
Cohort Coordinator – Baltimore, Maryland
Kate is involved with a number of Jesuit and Ignatian projects in Baltimore. She directs the Spiritual Exercises and offers spiritual direction. As a parishioner at St. Ignatius, she coordinates the Ignatian Spirituality Project, which offers overnight retreats to formerly homeless women. Kate serves on the board of the Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth in Wernersville, PA, and the mission and identity committee of Loyola Blakefield, a Jesuit high school.
Kate worked for thirty-five years for the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and recently joined the national board.
It’s not all about Ignatian spirituality and the Jesuits! Kate stays in touch with her five siblings and a wide range of friends, and enjoys cooking and baking, tending her row house garden, knitting, and following the Orioles and the Baltimore restaurant scene.
Who is a leader who inspires you?
Chris Kerr, the executive director of the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN), is a leader I admire. ISN is a relatively young organization which under Chris’s leadership and direction is laser-focused on its mission to network, educate, and form advocates for social justice, while at the same time expanding in outreach and relevance. I experience Chris as one who is grounded spiritually and emotionally, who brings vision and energy, who listens to those around him and makes sound decisions on the direction and growth of ISN.