Jim's Books
St. Ignatius Loyola
Find Your Inner Iggy
This is a week of celebration--the week leading up to St. Ignatius's Feast on July 31--the Ignatian version of Mardi Gras, Fasching, Carnival, Oktoberfest, and Super Bowl Sunday. It...
Spirituality
The Strength of Ignatian Spirituality
I like this short, pithy comment about the strength of Ignatian spirituality from an eminent source--Adolfo Nicolás, the superior general of the Jesuits. (Click here to watch it on...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Get the Jesuit App
A slick "Jesuit app" is now available free from the Apple app store. The app shows the location and contact information for Jesuit institutions, displays the latest news, and...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
A Jesuit in San Quentin
I've been interested in prison ministry ever since I did some work for Charles Colson and Prison Fellowship some years ago. Hardly anyone gives a thought to prisoners. I...
Spiritual Exercises
Hope for a Better World
A reflection on the meditations on sin in the first week of the Spiritual Exercises.
To reflect on the classic stories of the sin of the fallen angels, the sin...
Spiritual Exercises
It's Supposed to Be Hard
I've been working on a tough writing project this summer. People have been asking me how it's going, and I tell them the same thing: It's hard.
That brought to...