The Spiritual Exercises are the heart of Ignatian spirituality, but John Coleman, SJ, thinks that the Jesuit Constitutions are important too.  Ignatius spent fifteen years writing and editing these texts, which govern the Society of Jesus.  They illuminate the...

Sunday is the big day--the feast of St. Ignatius.  I decided to end our month-long IgnatiusFest by posting my favorite Ignatius video.  The amazing story of Ignatius has been told many times, but rarely as well as in this...

Pedro Ribadeneira reports a conversation between Ignatius and his close associate Diego Lainez.“Master Lainez, if God were to say to you: If you want to die at once, I will give you eternal glory, but if you choose to...

Yesterday the Loyola Press 3-Minute Retreat received its 10,000th "like" on Facebook.  Try it if you're looking for a good way to pray in the spirit of Ignatius. Here's what Elizabeth Cruz in the Philippines says about it: Visiting your...

I am in China with my family on a heritage tour, a pilgrimage of sorts.  Those familiar with my book Longing to Love know that my daughters are Chinese, so we have returned here in order to see their...

What do you like about Ignatius and Ignatian spirituality?  Here's a sampling of some responses here and on our Ignatian Spirituality page on Facebook.  Add your own reflections in the comments. Carol Voss: The freedom to explore and stretch the...

Growing up Jewish in Northern Jersey, what did I know about St. Ignatius Loyola? Not much. Fast forward to the late 1980s and I'm at his feet, sort of literally. Where? At the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health...

Among dictionary definitions of imagination, two fit Ignatius very well. One says that imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something not present to the senses. In the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius encourages exercitants to apply the...

Some time ago I featured the Natalie Merchant song "Wonder" in our occasional "Best Ignatian Songs" feature. Here is another. It's a setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem "Spring and Fall: To a Young Child." The song is...

Pedro Ribadaneira, one of the first Jesuits, describes Ignatius:"We frequently saw him taking the occasion of little things to lift his mind to God, who even in the smallest things is great. From seeing a plant, foliage, a...