A comment about the early JesuitsThere was, however, one “doctrine” that was fundamental for them, one that gave orientation to all their ministries and to the way they wanted to lead their own lives. It was the basic premise...

One day I was riding a subway in New York City engaging in my favorite New York pastime—people-watching. You can really study people in subways because they sit in the same place for a while and they almost always...

When one of his students said she was spiritual but not religious, Jason Brauninger, SJ, decided to explain why was both.  His essay was published on the lively JesuitPost.com site.  His main reason? It's this: without religion, without a living...

There's an old saying that we should “pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on you.” It's been attributed to St. Ignatius, who said something similar, if not using those exact words, as...

I have a dear friend who has been a Servite sister for many decades.  Last week she mentioned in passing that in her community they have a tradition that she called “Go gracefully.”  It means that before someone goes...

Earlier this week I found myself in a phone conversation with someone with over a decade of experience in  church leadership. Yes, we were on the phone talking about social media, which just underscores my perpetual point about choosing communication...

This is a guest post by Dawn Eden, author and blogger at The Dawn Patrol. In St. Ignatius Loyola's Suscipe, the prayer for perfect charity that appears toward the end of his Spiritual Exercises, we find important clues to the...

At our parish on Mother's Day, we have a tradition of honoring all women, whether they biologically have children or not. I am always deeply moved by this tradition, because it allows us to honor women who “mother” even...

Michael Rossmann, SJ, took up spinning to keep in shape during the winter. He lists 11 lessons he relearned while he rode his stationary bike. Number 3: It's important to push through to the very end. . . . Ignatius...

In a recent article in America, Adam Hincks, SJ, says that cosmologists don't have definitive answers to the two questions most people have about the universe: when did it begin? and how big is it?  Scientists don't even know...