A few years ago, I wrote this poem on Good Friday, as I worked around the house and tried to consider Christ's Passion. I hope it adds something to your reflections on this holy weekend. Good Friday © 2005 Vinita...

The Vatican office for the Causes of Saints has opened an official examination of the life of Walter Ciszek, SJ, to see if he should be canonized one day. Fr. Ciszek, an American Jesuit, spent 23 years as a prisoner...

It is with the somber feel of Holy Week that I write that our old friend, Fr. Dennis, has died.  Last April I wrote about visiting him with my husband as he said Mass in his apartment.  His tears...

Consider Lent a time for tending wounds. Consider Holy Week a container for your pain, your heartbreak, your disappointment, your anxiety, your grief. Consider these days a time of special communion, in which you walk with Jesus. Your prayers this week can...

In the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius Loyola teaches ways to pray with our feelings. Engaging our emotions in prayer is key for conversion and discernment. I explain in today's video contribution to An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.

Kevin O'Brien, SJ, explains that the Third Week of the Spiritual Exercises is an extended meditation on the passion, suffering, and death of Jesus Christ. This week can be difficult, because we are accompanying our friend Jesus Christ whom...

This is Holy Week, which is the subject of what the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises call the Third Week. During this week we accompany Jesus through the Last Supper, the agony in the garden, the betrayal and arrest, the scourging...

It's never easy to pray on the Passion and death of Jesus. But when we do, we need to remember that the story doesn't end with the death of Jesus; it ends with the Resurrection and Ascension in glory. As...

While we're on the subject of social media, I thought I'd point to a couple of notable digital projects by Loyola Press, the sponsor of this website. The Press's 3-Minute Retreat has just won the 2012 Wilbur award for web-based...

Meredith, In this blog-alogue we've been talking mainly about the why of social media.  Why it's important, what you can do with it.  There seem to be new social media tools emerging every day.  My question is about getting started....