Jim's Books
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...
Discernment
Consolation, Desolation, and Feelings
Consolation and desolation are key ideas in Ignatian discernment, and they are not easy to understand. Abbot Joseph has a good post about the nuances.
Even for those who are...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
In Honor of El Salvador Jesuits
Yesterday the US House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the six Jesuit priests and two women murdered in El Salvador in 1989. The dead are Jesuit Fathers...
Ignatian Songs
Best Ignatian Songs: To Be a Pilgrim
In his autobiography, St. Ignatius Loyola wrote of himself in the third person as "the pilgrim." As David Fleming, SJ, writes in What Is Ignatian Spirituality?, "Ignatius looked at...