Ignatian Prayer
Prayer of Desire to Sense Christ’s Presence
We commemorate the August 2 feast day of St. Peter Faber with Faber Fridays this month, inspired by Jon M. Sweeney’s book, Peter Faber: A Saint for Turbulent Times.
Today,...
Education
Education, Happiness, and Problem Solving
Should education teach people how to deal with problems or how to try to be happy?
My basic premise is that happiness is what human life means at its deepest...
Ignatian Voices
Cannonball Moment at a Funeral
Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, at Creighton University, introduces his cannonball moment with the words, “A sad experience made me the happiest guy in the whole world.” The funeral of his...
Ignatian Voices
A Transformative T-Shirt Slogan
Theresa Wang, a campus minister from Taiwan, was thinking about leaving her school when a t-shirt slogan caught her attention. Shortly after, she went on a retreat where she...
Ignatian Voices
When the Scientist Encountered Deer
Astrophysicist Paolo Beltrame, SJ, from Italy, was in South Dakota one Christmas when he saw deer. In that encounter, he experienced God not only as “a higher intelligence that...
Ignatian Songs
The Wound (Song)
The Ignatian Year has a theme song, “La Herida,” or, “The Wound.” Composed by Cristóbal Fones, SJ, with lyrics by José María Rodríguez Olaizola, SJ, the song was translated...