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?

A Jesuit Off-Broadway

A Jesuit Off-Broadway is Fr. Jim Martin's account of his involvement with a theater troupe putting on the play "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot."  The play has a...

Weekend Reading

Jim Martin, SJ, on finding God in hard times. What Nathan O'Halloran, SJ, learned in 2009. Jake Martin, SJ, on Crazy Heart. Joe Koczera, SJ, on Alfred Delp's idea of happiness.

The Spiritual Exercises and Ignatian Work

Maureen Waldron of Creighton University thinks that Jesuits should make special efforts to expand the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises to include the lay people who work in Jesuit/Ignatian...

Best Ignatian Songs: Jesus Ahatonhia

"Jesus ahatonhia," our last Christmas song of the season, is probably the first Christmas carol written in North America. The title means "Jesus, he is born" in the language...

Jesuit Basketball

For many years basketball has been the top sport at most of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the US.  An all-star team of Jesuit alumni could beat...

Weekend Reading

Joe Koczera, SJ on happiness. Some practical advice about the Daily Examen. Jim Martin, SJ on the patron saint of troublemakers. A Jesuit joke.