A recent article in the Los Angeles Times draws attention to the Cristo Rey network of high schools. There are 25 Cristo Rey schools in 17 states. All of them serve only economically disadvantaged students. All of them feature an...

Tim and Sue Muldoon think that Ignatian-style imaginative reflection is good for children too. When parents or other adults invite children to use their imagination, they are not only stimulating their cognitive capacities; they are also giving their children a...

Discerning reader Andrew nominated the classic hymn "Be Thou my Vision" as a Best Ignatian Song. You'll probably recognize it. I've sung it in church. I poked around the web a bit and found a version that you almost...

Pope Francis is certainly full of surprises. His words on July 31, the Feast of St. Ignatius, are a good example. Ignatius's feast is an occasion to celebrate all things Ignatian. Jesuits recall their founder's vision and the way the...

The Ignatian Spirituality Project is a most impressive ministry--a program that brings the graces of the Spiritual Exercises to homeless people, most of whom struggle with addiction to alcohol and drugs.  It operates in 20 cities and involves more...

If you ever need to explain Jesuits to non-Jesuits, you might find Fr. Jim Martin's guide to Jesuit formation lingo helpful. I  work for the Jesuits, write about them, was educated by them, and belong to a Jesuit parish....

Little is written about the Ignatian-Jesuit characteristic of cura personalis, which is Latin for “care for the whole person.” Cura personalis comes down to the respect for all that makes up each individual. As St. Paul reminds us, “the...

This is a guest post by Andrij M. Hlabse, SJ, who was in Brazil for Magis and World Youth Day 2013.With apologies for the delay between posts, I would like now to offer a look inside some of the...

Every once in a while a great writer describes an experience that you know is universal and is nearly beyond words.  This short reading by Frederick Buechner is one of those times.  It reaches a deep place where wisdom...

What would you hear if you sat in silence? That's the question that Margaret Felice considers in the below video. This reflection originally appeared as the post “Listening to Silence” on Margaret's blog, Felice mi fa.