Jim's Books
Jesuit History
Celebration of Matteo Ricci, SJ
Next year is the 400th anniversary of the death of Matteo Ricci, SJ, one of the most remarkable of the early Jesuit missionaries. He was the first to bring...
Ignatian Voices
Welcome Tim Muldoon
I have been doing all the blogging at dotMagis since we launched the site in April. Now I have some company. Our new blogger is Tim Muldoon, a writer...
Spiritual Exercises
What the Spiritual Exercises Do
The Exercises give us the confidence that grows from personal experience, says Jim Conroy, SJ, on Busted Halo. "It gives to men and women who have that experience of...
Education
Jesuits in Detroit
Time magazine profiles University of Detroit Jesuit High School, the only Catholic college-prep school left in the city. Last year, 99 percent of its graduates were accepted into college. ...
Spirituality
Last Things
Before All Souls Day recedes too far, read this powerful piece by Michelle Francl-Donnay about facing the reality of one's death. She refers to the last days of the...
Ignatian Songs
Best Ignatian Songs: Heavenly Day
This week's Ignatian song is the lovely ballad "Heavenly Day," written by the eclectic folk-county-rock artist Patty Griffin. I ran across it about the time I was reading an...