Jim's Books
Jesuit History
Things Change in Montmartre
In 1534, Ignatius and his companions went to the church of Sainte Pierre in the village of Montmartre north of Paris, and took vows to work together as a...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
A Year of Picturing God
Our sister blog Picturing God: Faces and Traces of the Divine celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow. The blog has featured images of nature, people, objects, and places, all evoking...
Spiritual Exercises
Stay Away from Motives
Here's some good advice from Anthony Lusvardi, SJ, writing on the the Whosoever Desires blog:
Stay away from motives. If you find yourself attacking somebody's motives, you are almost...
Ignatian Prayer
Prayer Is Like . . .
Rick Malloy, SJ, on what prayer is and is not:
Prayer is not a competition, or a "goal" oriented activity. To pray is to already have "won." Prayer is much...
Books
The Ignatian Adventure
The great river of Ignatian spirituality flows from The Spiritual Exercises, the guided conversion experience developed by St. Ignatius Loyola. Most of the time Ignatius gave the Exercises as...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Fr. Rick Curry on 60 Minutes
Here's a terrific segment from a recent 60 Minutes program about Fr. Rick Curry, SJ, and his unique theater program for the physically disabled. I love Curry's answer to...