Spiritual Exercises
Positive Intent
Educator Laura Thomas was at a meeting in which they started by outlining expectations. One caught her by surprise: “Assume positive intent.”
I was drawn up a bit short by...
Spiritual Exercises
Kevin O’Brien, SJ, on Adapting the Spiritual Exercises
America magazine interviewed Kevin O’Brien, SJ, about his mission and ministry work at Georgetown University. The author of The Ignatian Adventure, O’Brien began a new role as the dean...
Retreats
Veterans Retreat
White House Jesuit Retreat in St. Louis hosted an Ignatian retreat for veterans last month. As reported on the Jesuits’ website:
“St. Ignatius himself was a veteran,” said Bill Schmitt,...
Jesuit History
General Congregation 36
The Jesuits of Canada and the United States have launched a resource page with information about the upcoming General Congregation 36. The GC is the supreme governing body of...
Ignatian Voices
The I-Want-It-So-Badly Virus
Sometimes we’re driven by the I-want-it-so-badly virus: I so wanted to get to the top of the company, or to attract that attractive person, or to be rich, or...
Web Community
Picturing God Through Your Senses
We’ve enjoyed our month of exploring ways to encounter God through the five senses, inspired by the new book Taste and See by Ginny Kubitz Moyer.
We asked our Ignatian...