In a religious order known for welcoming men with unusual backgrounds, Jake Martin stands out. Before entering the Jesuits, he was a stand-up comedian...

Ignatius Week Is Ending

Books Jim Manney

Get in on the fun before our week of celebration ends tomorrow with St. Ignatius's feast day. Check out the goings on at Find...

Ignatius Week: A Free eBook

Books Jim Manney

Our week of Ignatian celebration continues with a book giveaway from Loyola Press. Starting today, Loyola Press is giving away free eBook copies of...

Some Other Ideas for Lent

Books Jim Manney

The Lent-Easter Ignatian Prayer Adventure online retreat started yesterday, but you can join in any time. Take a look. I thought I'd mention a couple...

Literary Pilgrimages

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Some years ago I saw a manuscript in the British Library that is thought to have been written by Shakespeare himself in his own...

Scorsese’s Next Film?

Books Tim Muldoon

There have been rumblings about director Martin Scorsese making a film of Shusaku Endo's magnificent historical novel Silence, about Japanese martyrs of the 17th...

Here’s a Good Idea

Books Jim Manney

Blogger Wayne Stratz found a book that helped his prayer life quite a bit. It helped mine too. And youth minister Daniel Haugh, who works...

Ignatian Adventure

Books Jim Manney

Anyone interested in the Spiritual Exercises should read Fr. Kevin O'Brien's book The Ignatian Adventure. He talks about why he wrote the book in...

The Ignatian Adventure

Books Jim Manney

The great river of Ignatian spirituality flows from The Spiritual Exercises, the guided conversion experience developed by St. Ignatius Loyola. Most of the time...