Martha Ligas (she/her) serves as the Pastoral Minister at the Community of St. Peter in Cleveland, Ohio, and Program Associate at FutureChurch. Both spaces give her room to ride the coattails of the Spirit by reimagining what it means to create faith communities of belonging.
Martha has traversed the Jesuit landscape in her theological education, completing undergraduate studies at Loyola University Chicago, graduating from Boston College with a MA in Theology and Ministry, and earning a certification in Spiritual Direction through the Ignatian Spirituality Institute at John Carroll University. She will continue pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at Catholic Theological Union this fall.
Martha lives in Cleveland, OH with her partner and their pets. When she isn’t daydreaming about a more inclusive church, she’s either in a bookstore or hard at work being an Auntie.
The Spirit is ready to bust down the door. She is actively waiting to animate our very selves, to set our hearts on fire, to lead us through a thrown open door into a world that desperately needs our ministries.VIEW
May this day, this Feast of Mary Magdalene, be an opportunity to re-commit to transforming the world. To encountering and becoming the Love of God that the world so desperately needs.VIEW
When we have hope, when we remember that– even in the trying times, especially in the trying times– the great Hope-Bearer is right here, knocking at the door of our hearts, we can sustain any season.VIEW
This is how we are to evangelize— by demonstrating what it means to be embodied, fully alive, and rooted in purpose.VIEW
