Jim Manney

Jim Manney is the author of highly praised popular books on Ignatian spirituality, including A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer (about the Daily Examen) and God Finds Us (about the Spiritual Exercises). He is the compiler/editor of An Ignatian Book of Days. His latest book is What Matters Most and Why. He and his wife live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Books by Jim Manney

Jim's Books

  • A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer
  • Una oración sencilla que cambia la vida
  • Ignatian Spirituality A to Z
  • An Ignatian Book of Days
  • God Finds Us
  • Charged with Grandeur
  • What's Your Decision?

Jesuit Calendar

My friend and colleague Jim Campbell recently discovered a Jesuit calendar that's a great resource for anyone interested in all things Jesuit.  It was developed by Otto Sayre, SJ, a...

Welcome Maureen Waldron

I have been doing all the blogging at dotMagis since the site launched last April.  To further our goal of making dotMagis an Ignatian community of many voices with...

Ignatius and Poverty

In early November, Santa Clara University held a three-day conference on the legacy of the six Jesuit martyrs nurdered in El Salvador in 1989.  Papers from the conference have...

Thanksgiving

i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything which is natural which is infinite which...

Best Ignatian Songs: What a Wonderful World

I'll bet that you already know and love this week's Ignatian song, but tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.  There's no better time to listen to Louis Armstrong sing "What a...

Mary Karr’s Conversion

The poet Mary Karr has just published a new book, Lit, in which she talks about her conversion to Catholicism as well her struggle with alcoholism.  She mentions in...