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Ignatius the Intense
At his People for Others blog (now no longer online), my friend Paul Campbell has trouble coming up with “five fun facts” about Ignatius Loyola. One of them is...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Jesuit Vocations
About 280 men are currently in Jesuit formation in the United States. The Jesuits are praying for more. Being good disciples of Ignatius Loyola, they are also working to...
Ignatian Songs
Best Ignatian Songs: Holy Now
Ignatius Loyola experienced a profound mystical vision on the banks of the Cardoner river in northern Spain. He did not describe it any detail. He merely remarked in his...
Ignatian Prayer
Finding God in All Things?
The Ignatian phrase "Finding God in All Things" is like the mysterious verse of St. Paul's: "Pray without ceasing" (followed immediately in 1 Thessalonians by "In all circumstances give...
Ignatian Songs
Best Ignatian Songs: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
Christ is at the center of Ignatian spirituality. Much of the Spiritual Exercises consists of meditations on the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus. The first...
People
Billy Collins
I wasn't surprised to find out that the poet Billy Collins is a Jesuit alum (Holy Cross '63). There's a distinctly Ignatian tone in this quote: "I feel now...