Jim's Books
Jesuit History
How the Jesuits Got So Worldly
Historian John W. O'Malley, SJ, ponders Jesuit worldliness in a recent article. He starts with a Jesuit joke, but the "worldliness" of the Jesuits is no joke. It's real.
The...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Chaplain on the Bench
Many sports teams at Catholic universities have chaplains. You can sometimes catch a glimpse of these men at basketball games. They are the fellows in black in their Roman...
Books
Flannery O’Connor and William Paul Young
America magazine's Books and Culture section looks at Flannery O'Connor and William Paul Young, two writers at opposite ends of the literary quality spectrum. Young, author of the best-selling...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Why Young Adults Need Ignatian Spirituality
For at least five reasons, says Tim Muldoon of Boston College: it gives life a clear foundation; it sees God in all things; it shows us how to walk...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Ignatian Spirituality on Facebook
The new Ignatian Spirituality page on Facebook reached a milestone this week when its fan count went over 1000. This morning it's 1109 fans and counting. Take a...
People
Ignatius the Intense
At his People for Others blog (now no longer online), my friend Paul Campbell has trouble coming up with “five fun facts” about Ignatius Loyola. One of them is...