Abstract One of the most significant legacies of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) to the Catholic Church is the practice of spiritual discernment . Traditionally, this Ignatian spiritual heritage has been understood primarily as a personal or individual process of seeking God’s will. In recent times, however, there has been a marked shift among Ignatian practitioners – from individual discernment toward communal discernment. A further question then arises: Can communal discernment be meaningfully practised across two different religious communities – for instance, between Catholics and Muslims? Grounded in a spiritual‐theological framework and informed by a recent interfaith experiment held in Jakarta on 10–12 May 2025, this article examines the extent to which resonance between Islamic and Catholic spirituality can serve as a foundation for shared spiritual practice. The discourse presented here aspires to deepen and transform the vision of Nostra aetate . On the one hand, it engages in a dialogue of spiritual experience (spirit); on the other, it does not neglect the body, as it also addresses the real and urgent issues confronting humanity today – particularly within the Indonesian context.
Greg Soetomo Sj (Mon,) studied this question.