By Gretchen Crowder During this Easter season, I attended a conference of Mission Formation Officers in the Jesuit Schools Network; I was on the organizing committee. As I watched the year-long work of the committee finally come together, enhanced by the energy and passion of the participants, I felt such future promise and paschal joy. Even now, weeks […] Click through to read the full article Pentecost’s Quiet Whisper, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. In The Freedom of Missing Out, Michael Rossmann, SJ ..read more

By dotMagis Editor Congratulations to Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ, author of Forgive Everyone Everything, on receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work at Homeboy Industries! This is the nation’s highest civilian honor. Watch a video in the Facebook post below of Boyle on the occasion. Be further inspired by Gregory Boyle’s reflection “Love,” in the video […] Click through to read the full article Fr. Greg Boyle Wins Presidential Medal of Freedom, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Leading with heart ..read more

By Shemaiah Gonzalez A friend of mine recently converted to Catholicism. Like me, she was once a card-carrying Protestant. “What made you convert?” I asked, knowing for me, there were reasons that surprised me. “I convert because the Catholic Church is apostolic. We can trace Pope Francis all the way to St. Peter and all the Apostles; I […] Click through to read the full article Apostolic Joy, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Leading with heart, authenticity, and purpose, Thomas Vozzo provides a clear pat ..read more

By Eric Clayton I didn’t grow up celebrating Star Wars Day—mostly because it didn’t exist as an organized holiday until I was an adult. May the 4th was just the fourth day of May. And, to be honest, I might be playing a bit fast and loose with the word holiday. But May the 4th is a day […] Click through to read the full article Celebrating Star Wars Day, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Leading with heart, authenticity, and purpose, Thomas Vozzo provides a clear path to a new bottom line—including 55 rule ..read more

By Eric Gurash There is a wonderful gem hidden within the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius that has been a grace-filled gift to my prayer life. Early in the Exercises, Ignatius recommends a creative type of prayer known as the colloquy. A colloquy, as Ignatius describes, is a conversation that, “is made, properly speaking, as one friend speaks […] Click through to read the full article Conversing with Mary Through Colloquy, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Using Ignatian spiritual principles and storyt ..read more

By dotMagis Editor In honor of the 15th anniversary of IgnatianSpirituality.com, we’re celebrating with 15 Gifts to Celebrate 15 Years! Read the details here. Gift 2 is a pair of activities inspired by the Anima Christi. The Anima Christi, also known as the “Soul of Christ” prayer, appears at the beginning of The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius. […] Click through to read the full article Anima Christi Activities, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Using Ignatian spiritual principles and storytelling p ..read more

By Gerri Leder Can we learn a thing or two about connection from people in other countries? My recent experience in South Africa suggests we can. South Africans place a premium on hospitality, goodwill, and politeness. They consider it ill-mannered to commence business without greeting a stranger or a friend. It is considered rude to start fingering the […] Click through to read the full article I See You, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Using Ignatian spiritual principles and storytelling practices, Can ..read more

By dotMagis Editor Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, says, “Discernment is to learn to go behind what appears. It’s going beyond what rationality can teach you…and to be open to the signs of the Spirit in life.” Read more from Fr. Sosa on the topic of discernment in his Walking with Ignatius. Click through to read the full article Going Behind What Appears, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. Using Ignatian spiritual principles and storytelling practices, Cannonball Moments by Er ..read more

By Vinita Hampton Wright I led a half-day retreat for Directors of Religious Education at a nearby parish. These are the men and women who work hard all year through, helping to care for the faith of others. They are nearly always “on duty,” organizing, running, and problem-solving within their parish faith formation programs. The weather had finally come […] Click through to read the full article Allow God’s Gaze to Rest on You, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. In You Have Called Me by My Name, Father Jo ..read more

By dotMagis Editor In the Examen we encounter a God who is active in our day. Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, explains that the Examen is prayer in real-time. Listen to him speak in the audio clip below. Loyola Press · The Examen: Prayer in Real-Time Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, is the author of Reimagining the Ignatian Examen. Click through to read the full article The Examen: Prayer in Real-Time, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality. IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry. In You Have Called Me by My Name, Father Joe Tetlow, SJ, presents a beautiful collecti ..read more