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The Principle and Foundation
This post is based on Week One of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ, responds to the question, “What are the typical graces...
Baking, Breaking, and Balance
This past Christmas, we did a lot of baking, both at home and at my mother’s house when we went to visit her and...
Fitting In or Standing Out
I no longer recognized myself in the mirror. I am a 52-year-old woman, and I am completely bald. Cancer treatment does that. I had...
Creativity and the Ignatian Spirit
Years before I’d ever heard of St. Ignatius Loyola and his Spiritual Exercises, I was learning spiritual principles through creative writing. I had been...
What the Principle and Foundation Calls Us To
The launching point of Ignatian spirituality is that God loves us fiercely, passionately, and unconditionally. Because of this love, God’s desires and hopes for...
Vinita Hampton Wright on the Principle and Foundation
Vinita Hampton Wright speaks about the Principle and Foundation, the first key meditation of the Spiritual Exercises. In it, we reflect on how we...
Our Human Need for Happiness and Fulfillment (A Letter)
A reader wrote and asked: How does Ignatian spirituality address the human need for happiness and fulfillment of the whole person?
Dear Ignatian Friend,
Thank you...
Reflection and Our Active Lives
By David L. Fleming, SJ
From What Is Ignatian Spirituality?
The goal of the spiritual life, as Ignatius conceived it, is to “choose what better leads...
Faith and Action
Ignatian spirituality owes a great debt to Aristotle. Not a surprise, really--Ignatius absorbed the theology of Thomas Aquinas, who imbibed the philosophy of Aristotle...
Education, Arts and Sciences
Jesuit education is well-recognized and highly-regarded for its academic rigor, with schools throughout the world dedicated to caring for the whole person of each...
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