Communal Discernment in the Preparation
Sometimes decisons need to be made as a group.  A communal response for important decisions is never arrived at easily.  Here is a suggested process of discernment when a community is tasked to deliver a united response to an issue

The Early Companions & Leadership Decisions
How does one come to a peaceful acceptance of group decisions?  Ignatius and his companions, strongly united by a 'single way of proceeding and a common intention', can be models for us all when tasked to make judgments.

Signs of the Good Spirit & the Bad Spirit
Patrick O’Sullivan SJ describes how the signs of the good and bad spirit are read in the process of discernment