With the new school year starting, we thank all teachers for their work on behalf of students of all ages. Today we highlight three prayers for educators. A Teacher’s Prayer for Generosity—Marc Fryer, SJ, wrote this prayer based on...

Saint Louis University’s Sunday Website provides resources for preparing for weekly Mass and better understanding the readings. One of the reflections for yesterday takes up the question, “Does God want us to be happy?” Read it, and explore the...

This past month my wife Sarah made a five-day Ignatian retreat. When she returned it had felt like I hadn’t seen her in weeks, but as she walked through the door she was glowing. As she began to share...

Chris Lowney wonders about “The Real Measure of Our Schools” in an article for the Jesuit Networking blog. He asks: “Who are our students becoming? How successful are our schools at forming these men and women for others?” Those are...

Each Sunday we ask our Facebook community, “Where have you found God this weekend?” The submissions are often very thoughtful, such this one from Cassi O.: In the heat of my house with its broken a/c that won’t be fixed...

The Apostleship of Prayer uses the idea of a trip to the movies to explain the Examen to children in this fun presentation. For more on praying the Examen with children, see the article of that name by Becky Eldredge.

On the night of a particularly painful news story of a bombing in a UN-protected school in Gaza filled with refugees, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed to see a relative had posted a picture of the flag...

We’ve highlighted the Ignatian Spirituality Project before on this blog. ISP offers retreats to those who are homeless in cities across the United States. Learn more about their mission in this two-minute video. If you’re receiving this via e-mail, click...

Mercy seems to be a recurring theme in my prayer. But what is mercy really? What does it mean when we say God is merciful? How am I called to be merciful? I am no theologian, but I think...

We know that there is too much violence in the world. While he may not have answers for curbing the violence, Jason Downer, SJ, suggests a few ideas for Responding to Violence in a New Way. “It can be...