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A Group Examen

The daily Examen is the most familiar and widely-practiced form of Ignatian prayer. Millions of people pray it every day. Philip Shano, SJ, takes...

Best Ignatian Songs: Stand By Me

You may have already seen this week's Ignatian song on YouTube. More than 14 million people have. It's an inventive version of...

Best Ignatian Songs: Every Grain of Sand

It's back to Bob Dylan for this week's Ignatian song.  It's "Every Grain of Sand," one of Dylan's many songs with powerful Biblical imagery....

Getting Started in Ignatian Discernment

The goal of Ignatian discernment is to discover where God is active in our lives.  Here is a simple two-step exercise to get started...

Best Ignatian Songs: Gabriel's Oboe

One of my favorite movies is The Mission, a film inspired by the Jesuit missions in South America in the eighteenth century. One of...

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'...

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...

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...

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...

Best Ignatian Songs: Holy Now

Ignatius Loyola experienced a profound mystical vision on the banks of the Cardoner river in northern Spain.  He did not describe it any detail. ...

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