Jim's Books
Poetry
i thank you God
e.e. cummings' poem "i thank You God for most this amazing day" is a lyric of thanksgiving. Read it here. Here it is read by Cummings himself. (Click here if you...
Ignatian Voices
A Litany of Gifts
I love Thanksgiving. It's less hectic than Christmas, and it's mainly about enjoying family and friends (food too, of course). A few years ago, the late John Kavanaugh, SJ,...
Jesuit History
UCA Martyrs Anniversary
Last Friday was the 23rd anniversary of the deaths of the UCA martyrs--six Jesuits, their cook and her daughter who were murdered at the University of Central America in...
Retreats
Three-Minute Retreat
On the Web, unlike older forms of publishing, everything that publishers do can be measured. Recently the Web team at Loyola Press looked at the numbers and discovered that...
Jesuit Saints
Walter Ciszek's Commitment
Last spring, the Vatican opened the canonization process for Walter Ciszek, SJ, the American Jesuit who spent 23 years as a prisoner in the Soviet Union. This month the...
People
Avoid Jargon
Here's timely advice for Ignatian "insiders" from Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, superior general of the Jesuits. Avoid jargon. Speak clearly and simply. He uses the word "discernment" as an example....