Jim's Books
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...
People
Two Pilgrims Set Out on the Camino Ignaciano
We've mentioned before the Camino Ignaciano, or the Ignatian Way pilgrimage through Spain. Boston College alumni Greg and Ruth Herrle departed yesterday to begin this pilgrimage and will be...
Ignatian Prayer
How Indifferent Are You?
Ignatius really means it when he says that we need to be "indifferent to all created things." In his Principle and Foundation at the beginning of the Spiritual Exercises,...
People
Jerry Fagin, RIP
Fr. Jerry Fagin, SJ, died last week (2012) in New Orleans. I got to know him as I worked as editor of his book Putting on the Heart of...
Jesuit Saints
Aloysius Gonzaga, SJ
Today is the feast of Aloysius Gonzaga, a saint who made his mark even though he lived only 23 years. Aloysius was born in a grand Italian noble family...