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Learning to Surrender to God

Marina Berzins McCoy

The familiar features of St. Ignatius’s experience with injury by a cannonball have to do with his learning to discern and to change his...

Why I Left IT to Join the Jesuits

Brendan McManus, SJ

Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re celebrating 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here,...

Six Lessons from a Cannonball Diagnosis

Lisa Kelly

It was 1:17 a.m. when I finally gave up trying to sleep. How is it possible I can’t get comfortable in a hospital bed...

Putting a Stop to Food Waste

Fiona Basile

About 18 months ago I watched a documentary by American chef and author Anthony Bourdain, Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, which completely transformed...

Cannonball Moment at a Funeral

dotMagis Editor

Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, at Creighton University, introduces his cannonball moment with the words, “A sad experience made me the happiest guy in the whole...

Cannonball at Loyola Chapel of the Conversion

Jim Manney

My cannonball moment happened about 60 miles northwest of where St. Ignatius had his cannonball moment. It happened in the very room where Ignatius...

A Transformative T-Shirt Slogan

dotMagis Editor

Theresa Wang, a campus minister from Taiwan, was thinking about leaving her school when a t-shirt slogan caught her attention. Shortly after, she went...

The Moment I Became a Mom

Becky Eldredge

Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re celebrating 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here,...