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Encyclical Takeaways

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The release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, was accompanied by a stream of analysis...

The Sin of Ingratitude

dotMagis Editor

A question recently came to the editor’s desk about the fact that St. Ignatius believed ingratitude to be “the cause, beginning, and origin of...

Andy Otto on the Fifth Week

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The Spiritual Exercises are divided into four phases, called “weeks.” After the retreat experience is over, however, we face “the Fifth Week”—the rest of...

Composition of Place on My Patio

Cara Callbeck

As the weather improves and we bid farewell to what always feels like a long, cold winter, the backyard patio quickly becomes the most...

Encyclical on the Environment Expected This Week

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Pope Francis’s anticipated encyclical on the environment is due this week, June 18, 2015. The title Laudato Si (Praised Be) comes from the first...

Casey Beaumier, SJ, on Pilgrimage

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Casey Beaumier, SJ—author of A Purposeful Path: How Far Can You Go with $30, a Bus Ticket, and a Dream?—spoke at a Boston College...

Jesuit Refugee Service Works to Provide Education

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Jesuit Refugee Service provides an update on their work in providing education: “Education is a key in combating the evil of hatred, violence and war....

Wading into the Ocean

Marina Berzins McCoy

Ignatian spirituality often focuses on being attentive to the nature of our own desires, especially in discernment. Ignatius discovered that following God’s will is...