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World Union of Jesuit Alumni Congress

dotMagis Editor

John Carroll University, in Cleveland, Ohio, will host the 2017 World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) Congress this summer. The event brings together Jesuit...

Business Article Encourages Quiet Time

dotMagis Editor

The title of a recent Harvard Business Review article says much: “The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time.” While this is...

Finding God in Our Past

Vinita Hampton Wright

If you want to embark on an interesting exercise, write the story of your life. Write it quickly, without thinking about it much. And...

Spiritual Directors in Conversation

dotMagis Editor

Spiritual directors William A. Barry, SJ, and Bernadette Miles discuss Ignatian spirituality, understandings of Jesus, and spiritual direction in this nine-minute video from Spiritual...

Your Rod and Your Staff

Loretta Pehanich

I love the 23rd Psalm. And lately, I’ve been thinking a great deal about the verse mentioning the rod and the staff. I see myself...

Why Ignatian Spirituality Appeals to Young People

Tim Muldoon

Editor’s note: Tim Muldoon, theologian, professor, and Ignatian author, is being honored with the Writer’s Award in Spirituality from the Loyola Institute for Spirituality....

The Purpose of Ignatian Repetition

dotMagis Editor

Howard Gray, SJ, explains why much of the prayer in the Spiritual Exercises is repetition—multiple meditations on the same subjects or Scripture passages. The repetitions...

What I Did Each Morning

dotMagis Editor

We’ve been given this insane gift of life. We’re living in the midst of the Resurrection. And all day, all night, still our hearts...

Hope Is an Art

Vinita Hampton Wright

True art requires inspiration, vision, practice, imagination, and patience. Something inspires the idea, which leads to a vision of what the painting or story...