Do you wonder how Pope Francis thinks and prays? Download and read A Guide to Jesuit Leadership and Ignatian Spirituality–a free e-book that Loyola Press has just released. The book consists of excerpts from some of the key Ignatian and Jesuit books that we’ve published over the past decade. You’ll learn about Ignatian prayer, the important themes [...]
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Pope Francis is the first Jesuit to be elected pope. Chris Lowney, author of Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World, says that the Society of Jesus pioneered a unique formula for molding leaders. That leadership formula is based on four core values: self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism. Lowney is [...]
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Here’s something from my book God Finds Us: An Experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, just published by Loyola Press. I talk about Ignatius’s aim in writing The Spiritual Exercises. What exactly did Ignatius have in mind? Many commentators on the Exercises say they are about helping us make good decisions. That’s surely [...]
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This is the preface to God Finds Us, my book about the Spiritual Exercises: A few years ago I made the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola with the help of a cheerful Jesuit named Dennis. I had always thought of the Exercises as the spiritual equivalent of Navy SEAL training or hiking the Appalachian Trail—something [...]
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People who know that I write about Ignatian spirituality sometimes ask me about the Spiritual Exercises. What are they? What do you do? What can you expect? I tell them what I know. Since I made a 19th annotation version of the Exercises a couple of years ago I’ve been able to speak from personal [...]
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Catherine Brunell discusses the Ignatian themes in her book, Becoming Catholic, Again, with Tim Muldoon. Brunell will be leading an Advent retreat on the Loyola Press Facebook page starting on Monday. And Vinita Hampton Wright will be leading a retreat on her blog beginning next week too. She’ll be exploring themes related to the creativity [...]
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In a religious order known for welcoming men with unusual backgrounds, Jake Martin stands out. Before entering the Jesuits, he was a stand-up comedian in Chicago. He still writes and performs; this summer he appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, which calls itself the largest arts festival in the world. Jake tells the [...]
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Get in on the fun before our week of celebration ends tomorrow with St. Ignatius’s feast day. Check out the goings on at Find Your Inner Iggy. And above all get your free eBook edition of Just Call Me López, a work of spiritual imagination that brings together a certain pilgrim from the 16th century [...]
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Our week of Ignatian celebration continues with a book giveaway from Loyola Press. Starting today, Loyola Press is giving away free eBook copies of Margaret Silf’s newest title, Just Call Me López: Getting to the Heart of Ignatius Loyola. The offer ends July 31. Just Call Me López is a work of spiritual imagination. It [...]
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