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Pope’s Message for Lent

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In his message for Lent 2015, Pope Francis warns against “a globalization of indifference.” He says: Indifference to our neighbour and to God also represents...

Answered Prayers

Cara Callbeck

My brother came to stay with my family recently while he attended training in our city. While I was happy to welcome him, I...

Arts & Faith: Lent—Ash Wednesday Imaginative Prayer Exercise

Paddy Gilger, SJ

Each week of Lent, we’ll provide an Ignatian prayer for you, inspired by a video from Arts & Faith: Lent. The video and prayer for...

Repetition in Prayer

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Repetition is the return to a previous period of prayer for the purpose of allowing the movements of God to deepen within the heart....

Retreats for Seniors in Their Living Rooms

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Sr. Christine Schenk shares the story of the Living Room Retreats project, which brings the gifts of Ignatian spirituality to seniors. The program was...

One Jesuit’s Pilgrimage Experiment

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In 1969, Fr. Dick Perl, SJ, “pioneered the revival of Jesuit pilgrimage” when he took a 10-week journey from St. Louis to the Shrine...

Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Purpose

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Authenticity is the first test of my values and purpose. If I say I’m here on earth to repair the world or to be...

First Jesuit Community College to Open

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Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago is scheduled to open in August, 2015, as the world’s first Jesuit community college. According to a story...

A Lesson from the Exercises

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At Catholic Philly, Effie Caldarola shares her experience with the 19th annotation, or the Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life. In theory, I always believed God...