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Many people suffer episodes of depression. Ignatius Loyola was one of them, according to Joseph Munitiz, SJ, and we would do well to study how he recovered. Ignatius’s bad time came at Manresa, not long after his conversion, when he was assailed by scruples and doubts. Fr. Munitiz sees in this the classic signs of [...]
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Last week, as part of our celebration of St. Ignatius’s Feast day, we invited readers of dotMagis to enter a raffle to receive a free copy of Compass Points, a new book by Margaret Silf. Entrants simply left a comment on the contest blog post. Here are the winners, chosen at random. The link leads [...]
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Saturday is a big day in the Ignatian calendar–it’s the Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola. To mark the day, we’re giving away five copies of the book Compass Points by Margaret Silf. To have a chance to win, just leave a comment here on this post before midnight on Saturday, July 31. We’ll pick five [...]
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Something to think about | Ignatius felt that the ironic and satirical writings of people such as Erasmus undermined the morale of the Church, the Community. So his Tenth Guideline [362] advises the retreatant to be more inclined to praise than to blame and to deal privately with those able to address the problem in [...]
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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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Holly Schapker is a young artist in Cincinnati whose paintings inspired by the life of Ignatius Loyola are currently on exhibit at Xavier University. The painting above is titled “Epiphany Outside Manresa.” It depicts Ignatius’s vision where “he understood and perceived many things.” Read an article about the paintings here and a video narrated by [...]
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A psychologist named William van Ornum will be writing regularly on America Magazine’s “In All Things” blog about the intersection of Christian faith and psychology. In his initial post he writes that one common denominator is Ignatius’s exhortation to gratitude: “I will call back into my memory the gifts I have received–my creation, redemption, and [...]
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Today is the anniversary of the canonization of Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier in 1622. Teresa of Avila and Philip Neri were also canonized on that day, making March 12, 1622, possibly the greatest day in the history of canonizations. The painting above by the Jesuit Andrea Pozzo depicts Ignatius sending Xavier to the missions [...]
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What I Like about Ignatius
by Jim Manney
Some readers entering our book contest wrote about how St. Ignatius has inspired them. Here are some excerpts from these comments. (Go here to enter the contest if you haven’t already.) As a woman and a Presbyterian, I think of him as an affectionate and helpful older brother. I think his story is a fascinating [...]
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