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Thoughts about the Imagination and Narrative

Marina Berzins McCoy

Storytelling is crucial to how we as human beings make meaning of our lives. Ricoeur observed that while life is simply lived, we attempt...

St. John de Brébeuf’s Open Heart

Cara Callbeck

This month we remember a Jesuit priest and martyr who left the relative comforts of 17th-century France to become a missionary to the Huron...

Rocking Babies in Church

Maureen McCann Waldron

My husband and I were at Mass on Saturday night and during the opening hymn, I noticed the woman in the pew ahead of...

What Makes You Happy?

dotMagis Editor

Here’s a fun initiative. Loyola University Maryland’s campus ministry is highlighting clips of people sharing what makes them happy. In this video, campus ministry...

Surprises on the Ignatian Pilgrimage

dotMagis Editor

The Camino Ignaciano is a pilgrimage that traces the route St. Ignatius Loyola walked after his conversion in 1522. We’ve talked about it a...

Intentional Acts of Kindness

dotMagis Editor

While there’s nothing wrong with “random acts of kindness,” what if we were more intentional about those acts? Cultivating a habit of gratitude is the...

What Is the Pope’s Secret?

dotMagis Editor

The Jesuits in Britain produced the below video, asking the secret to Pope Francis and how he inspires people. The answer lies in three...

Opening Our Eyes to Contemplation

Andy Otto

I’ve recently begun a year-long course on spiritual direction. The purpose of the course is not just to learn how to listen to and...

Soap-Bubble Christians

dotMagis Editor

In yesterday’s morning homily, Pope Francis spoke on the theme of vanity. In one notable section, he asked: “How many Christians live for appearances?...