Spiritual Exercises
The Ignatian Take on the Christian Journey
The Exercises represent a kind of spiritual journey, as they invite the one who makes them to consider the foundational truths of Christian life: creation as an act of...
Ignatian Prayer
The Brain, Silly Putty, and Prayer
After reading a scientific essay about the brain, Jim McDermott writes in America:
Because here’s the other crazy-cool thing about the brain: it’s like Silly Putty. It remains flexible throughout...
Web Community
Finding God in Church Events
At the start of each week, we invite our Ignatian Spirituality Facebook community to share where they have found God in the last few days. This weekend brought some...
Ignatian Prayer
Joseph Tetlow on Prayer
Joseph Tetlow, SJ, is one of the Jesuits' leading authorities on spiritual direction. For years he worked in Rome as head of the Society's Secretariat for Ignatian Spirituality. In...
People
Soon-to-Be-Saint Mother Teresa
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly recently released a piece on Mother Teresa and Sainthood, featuring comments from Sister Mangala of the Missionaries of Charity; Jim Towey, president of Ave Maria...
Books
The Challenges of Life
When we are in transition, depending on how serious the breakdown is, we may feel as though almost every aspect of life has been disrupted. The old certainties, the...