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Education
Back to School at Cristo Rey
This week classes start at 22 US high schools that are part of the Cristo Rey network, an innovative and highly successful model for urban education. Cristo Rey schools...
Ignatian Songs
Best Ignatian Songs: Livin' on a Prayer
This week's Ignatian song is the hard rock classic "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. It's about a working class couple "livin' on a prayer" as they...
Ignatian Voices
Administration as a Spiritual Path
People who work as administrators grumble about it all the time. "Another meeting." "Another performance review." "Another crisis." Yet administration is on St. Paul's list of spiritual gifts in...
Books
The Power of a Book
Here is a fascinating conversion story by a blogger named Webster Bull. The decisive moment in his spiritual journey came when he wandered into Borders and picked up a...
Ignatian Prayer
Ignatian Contemplation
Prayer using the imagination is a pillar of the Ignatian spiritual tradition. In its most common form, you take a passage from scripture, usually one of the gospels, and immerse yourself...
Ignatian Songs
Best Ignatian Songs: Ripple
This week's song selection is "Ripple" by the Grateful Dead. It was recommended by John Montag, SJ, who wrote on the Ignatian Spirituality Facebook page that the chorus of...