I’ve read much about Pedro Arrupe, the legendary superior general of the Jesuits from 1965-83. Much of his greatness seems to have resided in his charisma. People loved him and wanted to follow him–much like I imagine Ignatius to have been. A new video produced to mark the 20th anniversary of Arrupe’s death this month [...]
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This is the second time “Gabriel’s Oboe” has appeared in our occasional “Best Ignatian Songs” feature. (The first time is here.) The occasion is the opening of a musical based on the movie “The Mission,” a great film inspired by the Jesuit missions in South America in the eighteenth century. The musical opened this week [...]
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For a a global view of the Society of Jesus, examine The Changing Jesuit Geography, a paper by Thomas P. Gaunt, SJ, executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. There are 18,266 Jesuits worldwide, about 2000 more than there were in 1910 (but 18,000 fewer than there were in 1965). The [...]
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All Saints Day will arrive in a few weeks, and if you have a taste for saints, check out our new feature on IgnatianSpirituality.com honoring Jesuit saints and blesseds. The page links to biographies of Jesuit saints (including one of my favorites, St. Roque Gonzalez) and Jesuit blesseds–all 147 of them! Share or bookmark this [...]
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The story St. Ignatius has been told many times, usually with great solemnity as befitting one of the church’s great saints. Here’s a different way to do it. The narrator of this animation is a stuffed Spanish olive. It’s a delightful production from the Fairfield University Media Center. (If you can’t see the video, click [...]
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Here is a wonderful virtual tour of the rooms of St. Ignatius in Rome. He lived and worked in these rooms for almost 20 years as the first Superior General of the Jesuits. Much of the sound track for the video is the lovely “Gabriel’s Oboe” from the movie “The Mission,” the best movie ever [...]
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Advice from Ignatius, writing to Jesuits participating in the Council of Trent: Be prudent. “When speaking in any conversation, do not think you are talking in private, but in public, so as to measure your words, and to say nothing you would not wish every one to know.” Know your audience. “In the method of [...]
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It’s July, the month of high summer (in the Northern Hemisphere) and the month of St. Ignatius Loyola, whose spiritual ideas we celebrate here at IgnatianSpirituality.com. Ignatius’s feast day is July 31. Loyola Press has assembled a collection of reflections, insights, prayers, blog posts, and article excerpts for every day of the month. Here is [...]
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The Wall Street Journal admires the Cristo Rey network of schools. A blog you should check out: Days of Deepening Friendship. They’re discussing Tim Muldoon’s book, Longing to Love over there. What happens when Jesuit colleges play each other in basketball. The Jesuits open seldom-seen houses in Rome, including rooms where Ignatius lived. A business [...]
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Today marks the 400th anniversary of the death of the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, who was the first Westerner in the court of Imperial China. He is one of my heroes, not only because I am fascinated by the history of China, but also because his ministry represents in my mind a model for the future [...]
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