The first review of A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer is up. Meredith Gould likes it! Read it here. While you’re at it, browse through Meredith’s blog “Virtual Abbey.”
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America Magazine features two new books of Ignatian interest. The January selection of the Catholic book club is Mother of God Similar to Fire, a collection of 50 icons of Mary by former Jesuit William Hart McNichols. Also new is the biography Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ A Model Theologian by Patrick W. Carey. A review [...]
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I thought that the “Almost” in Fr. Jim Martin’s The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything was only a clever word in catchy title, but it turns out that the book really doesn’t cover everything. The author had to drop a whole section on some of his Jesuit heroes for space reasons (St.Aloysius Gonzaga, St. Jean [...]
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Authors are all over YouTube talking about their books. This interview with Bert Ghezzi about his book Voices of the Saints is one of the best author videos I’ve ever seen. The book is a terrifically informative and entertaining look at 365 saints, classified in themes (examples: humility, joy, twenty-something saints, married saints, saints who [...]
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Several months ago two Jesuits and I published a book about an Ignatian approach to making decisions–What’s Your Decision? How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity. I was delighted to read a blog post yesterday by a woman who found it helpful. Michele Campbell’s post includes a fine five-point summary of the decision-making process: [...]
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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 [...]
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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