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Mirada Global is a multilingual Web site that compiles articles from Jesuit publications in North and South America. It covers a variety of subjects, from religion and politics to culture and ecology. The magazines that contribute content include America, Criterio (Argentina), Mensaje (Chile) and Accion (Paraguay). Mirada Global is edited by Antonio Delfau, S.J., and [...]
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Loyola Press’s Colleen Fahey, a Marquette grad, combed through the Forbes list of the 600 best colleges and universities and pulled out the Jesuit schools. Here’s her list: #27 Boston College #39 College of the Holy Cross #52 Georgetown University #115 Santa Clara University #130 Loyola University in Maryland #121 Xavier University #131 Rockhurst University [...]
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Here’s a great idea: a global web-based “virtual community” of people supporting and working in Jesuit ministries to poor communities. The idea of Jesuit Commons is to build support for relief and development work and to foster collaboration among people who are doing it. The vision: “Imagine the power that would be unleashed if this [...]
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Six months after the earthquake, the people of Haiti are still in great need. “It’s like the country has collapsed,” says Fr. Wismith Lazard, SJ, director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Haiti. JRS operates seven camps that serve the needs of more than 21,000 displaced people in Port-au-Prince. It is opening 20 new schools [...]
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Jose Funes, SJ, director of the Vatican Observatory, talks to New Scientist about his work and the relationship between religion and science. Is the conflict between intelligent design and evolution an example of an “apparent” conflict between science and religion? No, that is a real conflict. The problem is when religion enters the world 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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Today is the last day you can download your free copy of the new book What’s Your Decision? How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity. Here it is. We’ll continue to offer special discounts on printed copies of the book through August 15. Go here for details. You might also want to take a [...]
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Paul Campbell, SJ, talks about his personal prayer practices. (“The most important thing I do is to see a spiritual director.”) Jim Martin, SJ, on sexual abuse and the Sacred Heart. How the St. Louis Jesuits changed liturgical music. (“One person credits them with wrecking the liturgy and the next person credits them with saving [...]
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A group of young Jesuits is hitting the road this summer giving renewal weekends for young adults. They call themselves the Jesuit Mission Band, and they kick off the missions this weekend in Milwaukee. Other weekends will follow in Iowa City, Chicago, and Des Moines. The weekends are called “Hearts on Fire: Living Faith in [...]
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Make your prayer part of an online community at For This We Pray, a website run by the Jesuits at Regis College at the University of Toronto. Send your confidential prayer request. The Jesuits regularly offer these prayers at Mass. Also go to Other 6, an online ministry of Loyola Press, and share where you [...]
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