Many people suffer episodes of depression. Ignatius Loyola was one of them, according to Joseph Munitiz, SJ, and we would do well to study how he recovered. Ignatius's bad time came at Manresa, not long after his conversion, when he...

Over the weekend, I went to Petsmart and brought home a new betta, in part because the betta that survived last month's move from Princeton to Baltimore seemed lonely. I know I'm not making this up because he has been...

Loyola Press's Colleen Fahey, a Marquette grad, combed through the Forbes list of the 600 best colleges and universities and pulled out the Jesuit schools.  Here's her list: #27      Boston College #39      College of the Holy Cross #52      Georgetown University #115    Santa Clara...

Inspired Catholic hilarity from Stephen Colbert. (H/T to Bert Ghezzi.) The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'Pope's Baseball Cap & CatholicTV<a>www.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full Episodes2010 ElectionFox NewsClick here if you can't see the video.

The image of Moses waiting patiently upon Mount Sinai to see the "hind parts" of God as the Divine Majesty passed by is a lovely metaphor for how to understand prayer.  Skeptics will claim that prayer does nothing; you...

Here's a great idea: a global web-based "virtual community" of people supporting and working in Jesuit ministries to poor communities.  The idea of Jesuit Commons is to build support for relief and development work and to foster collaboration among...

I was driving to the grocery store the other day when the public radio network offered a story about motorcycle gangs, their initiation rituals, crimes and other things that make my safety-conscious self recoil.  I listened with one ear...

Every day at 2:05 p.m., students at Strake Jesuit High School in Houston pause and pray an Examen. This is the audio that leads everyone through the prayer, along with a slideshow.

Last week, as part of our celebration of St. Ignatius's Feast day,  we invited readers of dotMagis to enter a raffle to receive a free copy of Compass Points, a new book by Margaret Silf.    Entrants simply left a...

Moving right along.  Where was I?  The 5:30 PM liturgy on Friday. I had finally settled down in a back pew when an usher's tap on my shoulder launched me into full-bodied Uh-oh Mode. What did I do? What didn't...