Sometimes it takes a bolt of lightning to release our creativity and kick-start the emergence of a new way of thinking or doing or being. Scientists say that it may have been like that when life first began to...

St. Beuno's Jesuit Spirituality Centre offers a video that walks one through the Examen. Though the Examen can be prayed in the morning or the evening, this version is geared for bedtime prayer. If you’re receiving this via e-mail, click...

Happy New Year! Before we jump into the new year of dotMagis posts, let’s take some time today to look back at the year ended. Enjoy some of the most popular posts from 2014. Examen Prayer Card Pope Francis’s Message of...

As we close the year 2014, we are still celebrating the Christmas season. Earlier this month, Pope Francis in a parish visit shared three steps to ensure joy at Christmastime. The Pontiff went on to explain three ways to have...

Fairfield University launched its new Center for Ignatian Spirituality in late November. The center will offer retreats, including the full Spiritual Exercises, and it will train spiritual directors. During the program, University President Jeffrey P. von Arx, SJ, remarked: Ignatius’ experience...

It is the Christmas season, the time of year that children are relishing the toys they received. They beam with smiles full of joy and gratitude as they cherish the opportunities to play unabashedly with their gifts. The newness...

As we enjoy the Christmas season, we look today at the process of creating an icon of the Nativity. If you’re receiving this via e-mail, click through to watch the video Nativity Icon.

On this Christmas Day, enjoy “The Wexford Carol” as sung by the Ignatian Schola, a Manhattan-based vocal group. Merry Christmas!

Each week of Advent, we’ve provided an Ignatian prayer for you, inspired by a video from Arts & Faith: Advent. Today we share the video and prayer for Christmas Day. The art is The Birth of Christ by Geertgen tot...

Trying to discern appropriate Christmas gifts for my family is always an issue. How much is too much to spend? Do I need to buy for everybody in the family? Has that gift been made under safe labor conditions,...