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What Would Ignatius Think about Social Media?

by Jim Manney

Would Ignatius spend a lot of time on Twitter and Facebook if he was around today?  Perhaps not, says Lisa Kelly: With all our technology we truly have the capacity to live our lives in almost constant contact with others virtually anywhere.  So really, I don’t ever have to say goodbye.  “We” can live on [...]

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Facebook 10,000!

by Jim Manney

Yesterday the Ignatian Spirituality page on Facebook passed a milestone when it received its 10,000th “like.”  That’s a nice big round number–something to celebrate.  God is found in all things.  In the wired up, interconnected, always-on digital world of the 21st century, the Ignatian Spirituality Facebook page is a place where lots of people are [...]

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Yet More Lent Ideas

by Jim Manney

Our second Lunchtime Examen goes live today.  This is a guided prayer, along with an explanation of some facet of the Ignatian examen.  The question today is Where can I find God? A new Lunchtime Examen will be posted every Wednesday in Lent. We also just went live with our second presentation in the Ignatian [...]

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Christ Has No Online Presence but Yours

by Meredith Gould

During December 2010, I visited Loyola Press to talk with the marketing and sales team about why, when and how to use social media. As part of my preparation, I hunkered down to take a more rigorous look at the Virtual Abbey, an online community offering the Daily Office via Twitter.  This virtual monastery seems [...]

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Getting Unplugged

by Maureen McCann Waldron

I was struck by the post here last week “Solitude in a World of iPad Apps” about an article by Fr. Jim Martin, SJ.  On the day it was posted here, I was ending an 8 day silent retreat at the Jesuit Retreat House in Colorado.  When I first arrived on retreat, I followed my [...]

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Solitude in a World of iPad Apps

by Jim Manney

I assume that everyone reading this is immersed in the “always on” world of the web, blogs, iPods, email, smart phones, iPads, and other devices. Pay heed to Fr. Jim Martin’s plea to disconnect every once in a while: Sometimes it seems as if we can no longer stand to be alone or be “out [...]

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Facebook Birthday

by Jim Manney

Yesterday was the first birthday of our sister Ignatian Spiritualty page on Facebook.  There’s a large, lively and growing community over there.  It has 6334 fans (as of 11 p.m. EDT last night) and about 100 new fans join every week.  Some other interesting facts about the Facebook page: Fans are from 38 countries, with [...]

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Facebook 5000

by Jim Manney

Sometime over the weekend, the Ignatian Spirituality page at Facebook signed up its 5000th fan.   The Ignatian community on Facebook is large and lively.  Many of the dotMagis blog posts appear there too, and they often spark lively comments.  Consider becoming a fan if you’re not one already.

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Ignatian Spirituality on Facebook

by Jim Manney

The new Ignatian Spirituality page on Facebook reached a milestone this week when its fan count went over 1000. This morning it’s 1109 fans and counting. Take a look, and become a fan if you like what you see. The page, like this web site, is a service of Loyola Press. But it really belongs [...]

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Why Does Karl Rahner Have a Facebook Page?

by Jim Manney

He died in 1984, after all. But here it is. The great Jesuit theologian has 50 friends. I sent a friend request. Teilhard de Chardin has a Facebook page too, but, sadly, Teilhard has no friends. Or at least he didn’t when I wrote this. I sent him a friend request too. But I haven’t [...]

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