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Ebola and the Questions of Suffering

Brendan Busse, SJ, offers food for thought related to ebola reports. What if the lives and suffering of others actually affected us? Here’s another question: What if we came to understand...

Why Pray?

The speaker in this brief video makes several key points about why we pray. You might also enjoy the article “Why Do We Pray?” by William A. Barry, SJ.

Toward a Different Kind of World with Pope Francis

Time magazine is running an exclusive excerpt from Elisabetta Piqué’s new biography of Pope Francis: Life and Revolution. Read it here.Since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis in 2013,...

What Makes You Happy?

Here’s a fun initiative. Loyola University Maryland’s campus ministry is highlighting clips of people sharing what makes them happy. In this video, campus ministry intern Meredith Lynn shares her...

Surprises on the Ignatian Pilgrimage

The Camino Ignaciano is a pilgrimage that traces the route St. Ignatius Loyola walked after his conversion in 1522. We’ve talked about it a few times on this blog,...

Intentional Acts of Kindness

While there’s nothing wrong with “random acts of kindness,” what if we were more intentional about those acts? Cultivating a habit of gratitude is the most reliable way to extricate...