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We're All Amateurs Here

Jim Manney

The invaluable website The Jesuit Post celebrated its first anniversary a couple of weeks ago. “Celebrated" is putting it too strongly. As Brenden Bosse,...

Contemplatives in Action

Andy Otto

There was an old Jesuit vocation poster that showed a cartoon of a Jesuit with his nose in a book while he was sawing...

Best Ignatian Songs: Jesus Is Just Alright

Jim Manney

Today's Best Ignatian Song takes us back to the 70s, to the Jesus movement and to the hippie counterculture that put songs like "Jesus...

Young Adults Hunger for People to Journey with Them

Becky Eldredge

I had the privilege of being part of the 2013 New Contemplatives group at the Spiritual Directors International Conference. The seven of us in...

Pope Francis on Hidden Idols

Jim Manney

Pope Francis's public remarks have a decidedly Ignatian slant. Consider this from his weekly audience--about what Ignatius calls "disordered attachments:" We have to empty ourselves...

Easter Season Examen

Laurie Marshanke

Take in a deep breath—taking in God's love, light, and strength—and let it out slowly, exhaling any worries, cares, or fears. 1. Invite the Holy...

One Woman’s Retreat Experience

dotMagis Editor

Karen Beattie participated in an Ignatian retreat at a difficult point in her life. She writes: I knew this was where I belonged that weekend....

I’ll Think About It

Andy Otto

How many times have you said, “I'll think about it”? It's a valid expression when we're not quite ready to make a decision, but...

Letting Jesus Out

Jim Manney

It's reported that the movement to elect Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio pope grew in intensity after he made some off-the-cuff remarks about evangelization at a...