Jim Manney

Jim Manney is the author of highly praised popular books on Ignatian spirituality, including A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer (about the Daily Examen) and God Finds Us (about the Spiritual Exercises). He is the compiler/editor of An Ignatian Book of Days. His latest book is What Matters Most and Why. He and his wife live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Books by Jim Manney

Jim's Books

  • A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer
  • Una oración sencilla que cambia la vida
  • Ignatian Spirituality A to Z
  • An Ignatian Book of Days
  • God Finds Us
  • Charged with Grandeur
  • What's Your Decision?

Friendship and Romance

Fellow blogger Tim Muldoon (see his post on desire below) has written an excellent article about what's needed to help young people form the intimate bond that sustains marriage. ...

How Ignatius Recovered from Depression

Many people suffer episodes of depression. Ignatius Loyola was one of them, according to Joseph Munitiz, SJ, and we would do well to study how he recovered. Ignatius's bad time...

How Jesuit Schools Rank

Loyola Press's Colleen Fahey, a Marquette grad, combed through the Forbes list of the 600 best colleges and universities and pulled out the Jesuit schools.  Here's her list: #27      Boston...

Just for Laughs

Inspired Catholic hilarity from Stephen Colbert. (H/T to Bert Ghezzi.) The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'Pope's Baseball Cap & CatholicTV<a>www.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full Episodes2010...

A Jesuit Network for the Poor

Here's a great idea: a global web-based "virtual community" of people supporting and working in Jesuit ministries to poor communities.  The idea of Jesuit Commons is to build support...

A Guided Examen

Every day at 2:05 p.m., students at Strake Jesuit High School in Houston pause and pray an Examen. This is the audio that leads everyone through the prayer, along...