It's Friday and with plenty of time before sunset, I dashed over* to The Catholic Community of St. Ignatius (Baltimore) to get these: *Grateful to all who made this happen!

With Valentine's Day coming up I'm taking the initiative to get folks thinking about love.  Here's a clip that I sometimes make reference to in my classes, from the 1997 film As Good As It Gets. If you...

This is the second time  "Gabriel's Oboe" has appeared in our occasional "Best Ignatian Songs" feature.  (The first time is here.)   The occasion is the opening of a musical based on the movie "The Mission," a great film inspired...

For a a global view of the Society of Jesus, examine The Changing Jesuit Geography, a paper by Thomas P. Gaunt, SJ, executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.  There are 18,266 Jesuits worldwide, about...

I try to live in sync with the liturgical year because doing so provides a glorious framework for daily living. I mention this because revising my book, Come to the Table: A Passover Seder for Parish Use during Advent...

Brother Guy Consolmango, SJ, an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, will give an online talk and chat today at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.  Just go to this link.  The online edition of the Arizona Daily Star will host the...

One of Ignatius's secretaries, Father Gonçalves da Camara, recalled his management style and method of making decisions. Our Father is accustomed to being so firm in things which he undertakes, that this steadfastness amazes everyone. here are the reasons...

Years ago, Austen Ivereigh, executive editor of The Tablet made a 30-day Spiritual Exercises retreat when he was a Jesuit novice.  He spent most of the time in a state of desolation. "I grasped the paradox at the core...

The first review of A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer is up.  Meredith Gould likes it!  Read it here. While you're at it, browse through Meredith's blog "Virtual Abbey."

-A sample of my new book about the Ignatian examen, A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer, is available for your reading pleasure.  Click the image above to read the first two chapters. (If you can't see the image, click here.) If you...