Jim's Books
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Commentary from the Jesuits
The Jesuits sponsor some impressive websites devoted to commentary on culture and politics. The busiest is America magazine. Its blog "In All Things" is especially interesting. The editors have...
Books
Reasons to Stay Catholic
At the America magazine blog, Valerie Schultz lists the top ten reasons to stay Catholic. A couple are whimsical (#5: We put on an excellent funeral); all of them...
Videos
Conan O'Brien's Commencement Address
Conan O'Brien gave a wonderful commencement address last month at Dartmouth College. He's very funny for the first 17 minutes or so. Then he turns serious. ...
Sports
Sports News: Jesuits Take Clericus Cup
In America, Jesuit schools are famous for their basketball teams. In Europe, it's soccer. In Rome this week the Jesuit-run Pontifical Gregorian University defeated the Dominicans of the Angelicum...
Ignatian Prayer
Asking God for a Sunny Day
Armand Nigro, SJ, urges us to pray for what we want:
When we beg God for sunny weather, or pray that our bursitis will go away, or pray for something...
Examen
The Examen and Other Prayers
During Lent we published six audio-visual guided Examens that introduce the Ignatian Examen prayer. These were very popular, and they now have a permanent home here on this site. ...