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A popular series of cell-phone commercials boasted the strength of network coverage by showing a huge crowd of people following close behind the customer...

Mama Antula Beatified

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Maria Antonia de Paz Figueroa, better known as “Mama Antula,” was beatified in Argentina August 27, 2016. The 18th-century laywoman spread the Spiritual Exercises...

The Inner Process of Letting Go

Vinita Hampton Wright

What has to happen inside a person before she can let go of attachments that are harming her? The attachment can be physical, such...

Take, Lord, Receive, My Work and Career

Loretta Pehanich

I work in an office where the pace is breakneck speed. I pray during my morning commute, but pride kicks in as I park:...

Why Celebrate Labor Day

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Joe Simmons, SJ, shares 32 Reasons to Celebrate Labor Day. Read the entire list over at The Jesuit Post, but here’s a sampling to...

The Ignatian Take on the Christian Journey

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The Exercises represent a kind of spiritual journey, as they invite the one who makes them to consider the foundational truths of Christian life:...

The Brain, Silly Putty, and Prayer

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After reading a scientific essay about the brain, Jim McDermott writes in America: Because here’s the other crazy-cool thing about the brain: it’s like Silly...

Finding God in Church Events

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At the start of each week, we invite our Ignatian Spirituality Facebook community to share where they have found God in the last few...

Discernment at Different Stages of Life

Vinita Hampton Wright

A major gift from Ignatian spirituality is its wisdom about discernment. Discernment enables us to assess situations, pay attention to various clues, approach our...