Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, Jesuit superior general, spent most of his career in Japan.  Here he contrasts aggressive secularism in the west with a secularism in Japan that is is respectful of religion.  (Click here to watch the video...

This Advent, enjoy our upcoming video reflection series. Each Sunday, starting December 2, 2012, we'll post a video reflection to help you in your spiritual journey. Reflections will be by Joe Paprocki, Tim Muldoon, Vinita Hampton Wright, and Becky...

e.e. cummings' poem "i thank You God for most this amazing day" is a lyric of thanksgiving. Read it here. Here it is read by Cummings himself. (Click here if you are getting this post by e-mail.)

I love Thanksgiving.  It's less hectic than Christmas, and it's mainly about enjoying family and friends (food too, of course).  A few years ago, the late John Kavanaugh, SJ, proposed an idea for extending the spirit of Thanksgiving through...

Last Friday was the 23rd anniversary of the deaths of the UCA martyrs--six Jesuits, their cook and her daughter who were murdered at the University of Central America in El Salvador on November 16, 1989.  To mark the occasion,...

What should someone expect from spiritual direction? Becky Eldredge explains that the conversations in spiritual direction help a person identify where God is and what God's invitation is. If you're receiving this via e-mail, click through to watch the video...

Some new age philosophies say that the five senses are the tip of the iceberg and that there are deeper realities beyond our bodily senses. I think St. Ignatius would agree. Indeed, he stresses the importance of the physical...

On the Web, unlike older forms of publishing, everything that publishers do can be measured. Recently the Web team at Loyola Press looked at the numbers and discovered that 44,000 people use our 3-Minute Retreat every day. One retreatant...

Last spring, the Vatican opened the canonization process for Walter Ciszek, SJ, the American Jesuit who spent 23 years as a prisoner in the Soviet Union.  This month the Jesuits are highlighting Fr. Ciszek's life and the theme "A...

Here's timely advice for Ignatian "insiders" from Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, superior general of the Jesuits.  Avoid jargon.  Speak clearly and simply.  He uses the word "discernment" as an example.  You might know what it means, but the people you're...