Mary Ward was an amazing woman whose vision for an active religious community of women was realized in the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary--the BVM sisters.  She modeled the BVMs on the Jesuits.   I was one of the...

Andy Otto has a fine piece in America about his experiences as a hospital chaplain.  He quotes the Jesuit spiritual writer Daniel Lord, SJ, on suffering: "Perhaps sorrow is not the horrible evil that men have thought it. Perhaps...

Meredith, Alas, it's time to bring our blog-alogue about social media to a close.  I think it's been entertaining and thoroughly informative, and many followers of this blog feel the same way, judging by the many comments we've had to...

I've long maintained that anyone can pray the daily examen at any time--even at awkward, stressful times, like sitting in traffic jam or standing in a long checkout line at the grocery store.  Now comes Richard Kaufmann to prove...

If you have an interest in young adult work, take a look at this video about Charis, an Ignatian ministry that is expanding rapidly.  Becky Eldredge, a dotMagis blogger and a leader of Charis, appears on it. (Click here...

All of us at Loyola Press are saddened by the death of Miguel Arias. Miguel served as Consultant for Hispanic Ministry from 2003 until 2011, when he moved to a new position at Liturgical Training Publications. An editor, popular...

Pilgrims are now walking and biking the new Ignatian Way pilgrimage route in northern Spain, which follows the route Ignatius walked in 1522 after his conversion. (Go here to read what I wrote about it last year.) After watching...

Sunday was the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and it turns out that there's a Jesuit angle to the tragic story.  An Irish novice named Francis Browne was aboard the ship on the first leg of...

I tend to get angry when I encounter acrimony and incivility in discourse among Catholics.  Fr. Jim Martin, who has seen more of it than I have, has a healthier response.  He laughs at it. No matter what you write,...

Every time the story of Ignatius Loyola is told, the teller of the tale mentions that he was a soldier and that he was wounded in battle.  But then the speaker hurries on to what happens next--his conversion during...