Jim's Books
Reflections
This Addict Is a Saint
A friend of mine recently sent me a unusual holy card. It honors St. Mark Ji Tianxiang, a Chinese layman who was murdered in 1900, along with dozens of...
Jesuit History
400 Years of Jesuits in Canada
Jesuits arrived in Canada in 1611, and went on to shape significant parts of that nation's history as missionaries, explorers, and educators. To mark the 400th anniversary, Canada's Catholic...
Jesuit History
An Ignatian Pilgrimage
A group of lay people and Jesuits have set up a new pilgrimage route in Spain that should appeal to walkers and cyclists with an Ignatian bent. It's called...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
JRS Advocates for Refugees
I greatly admire the work of the Jesuit Refugee Service, an organization established by Pedro Arrupe, SJ in 1980 to serve and defend the cause of forcibly displaced persons. ...
Spirituality
What Ignatius Would Say to Lay Persons
Human life has meaning. We are not aimless beings, without a goal or purpose. We have been created by a God who loves us. We are called to build...
Ignatian Prayer
Pray for Those Who Persecute You
Walter Ciszek, SJ, spent fifteen years in prison in the Soviet Union for doing clandestine missionary work. He describes his prayer:"Gradually too, I learned to purify my prayer and...