On Sunday we arrived in the town of Navarrete, completing our first full week of the Camino Ignaciano. We completed the mountain stages of the Camino, which are supposedly the most difficult. As I look back on this week,...

What would my encounter be like with a man whose very life, core beliefs, and legacy are an enormous part of my life today? What would I say if St. Ignatius came to visit me? Answering this question has moved...

I've been working on a tough writing project this summer.  People have been asking me how it's going, and I tell them the same thing: It's hard. That brought to mind a great scene in A League of Their Own,...

On Saturday we arrived in Loyola at about 3pm. We quickly settled into our room and decided to take a tour of the Loyola Basilica and the Holy House, where St. Ignatius was born and lived. We saw the...

It was a small moment, and one I have thought about for several weeks.  As I was stopped at a traffic light heading home from work one afternoon, I noticed two young men pushing a wheelchair up a steep...

As I sit here toward the back of the US Airways jet headed from Philadelphia to Brussels, it seems like a good time to write my first post for this blog. Ignatius and I find ourselves in very different situations...

We've mentioned before the Camino Ignaciano, or the Ignatian Way pilgrimage through Spain. Boston College alumni Greg and Ruth Herrle departed yesterday to begin this pilgrimage and will be sharing some of their experiences along the way here at...

Ignatius really means it when he says that we need to be "indifferent to all created things."  In his Principle and Foundation at the beginning of the Spiritual Exercises, he says "we ought not to seek health rather than...

In this age when more and more people describe themselves as spiritual but not religious, it is helpful to recall Ignatius's understanding of the purpose of prayer, devotions, and participation in liturgy. In what pertains to prayer, meditation, and study...

The workshop I am presenting with another Charis Ministries colleague at the Jesuit Collaborative Conference this week is titled, “Waiting in Hope: Accompanying Young Adults Through Transitions.” As a young adult, I understand in a very real way the...