At America's "In All Things" blog, Bill Van Ornum invites reflection and opinions about C.S. Lewis's fable The Screwtape Letters. He points out the parallels between the circumstances today (war in Libya) and the time when Lewis wrote the...

St. Ignatius, writing to Jesuits in Portugal, about the problems with spiritual disciplines that he deemed excessive:The first is that God is not really served in the long run, as the horse worn out in the first days does...

The NCAA men's basketball tournament starts today, and the Society of Jesus is well-represented by five teams.  The most surprising is my alma mater, St. Peter's in Jersey City, which last made the Big Dance in 1995.  The Peacocks...

Joseph Tetlow, SJ, is one of the of the most respected and knowledgeable Ignatian spiritual directors.   For years he guided the 250 Jesuit retreat houses around the world in his capacity as head of the Jesuit General's Secretariat for...

Today, Ash Wednesday, the first Lunchtime Examen goes live on IgnatianSpirituality.com.  I've recorded six of these; a new one will be posted every Wednesday in Lent.  The Lunchtime Examen is a guided prayer, along with some reflections about what...

Frank Cottrell Boyce, a renowned screenwriter, writes about film and faith on the website of the British Jesuits. (Boyce wrote the splendid film Millions, about a boy who talks to saints.) Conventional storytelling is all about consequences, about the merciless...

Today is the first day of the  Novena of Grace, an annual time of prayer directed to the intercession of St. Francis Xavier.  This special novena has been celebrated for hundreds of years.  It ends on March 12, the...

I suggested the Lunchtime Examen the other day as a Lenten practice you might consider.  Here are a couple of other ideas for online Lenten prayer. Vinita Wright will be leading a retreat at her Days of Deepening Friendship blog. ...

It's time to make some decisions about what you'll do to observe Lent, which is only nine days away.   May I suggest that you give the Lunchtime Examen a try?  This is a series of six guided prayers based on...

The Archdiocese of Chicago is opening the legal process for the canonization of Father Augustus Tolton, a late 19th century priest, and the first who was African-American. The story is good on so many levels, but I'll focus on two. ...