A stirring look at community service work by students at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. (Click here if you can't see the video.)

In the US on Sunday, we will celebrate Mother's Day. I have been thinking of my mother a lot lately, maybe because this is only my second Mother's Day without her.  Her long battle with Alzheimer's had a terrible...

Our Creighton Online Ministries website has many prayers by and for mothers. Click here.  Here is a Mother's Day prayer: I thank you, Creator of us all, for my mother.I thank you that she gave me life and...

How do I know God is speaking to me? It's not easy to tell, and it's hard to explain to others when it happens. I suppose that's the question at the heart of spiritual direction and praying the...

I recently watched "The Mission" again. It's based on the tragic story of the Jesuit mission settlements in Paraguay in the 17th and 18th centuries. Here is an unforgettable scene depicting repentance and forgiveness. Some background to the...

From an interview with Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, on ABC Radio in Australia.  (Transcript and podcast available here.)Rachael Kohn: Well saints' lives are examined medically, but what about psychologically? James Martin: Well the question is can a neurotic...

Chris Lowney is a former Jesuit, former J.P. Morgan investment banker, and currently full-time speaker and author.  He recently gave a talk at Fordham with the provocative title: “Could St. Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises Have Spared Us the 2008...

"Pentecost," a painting by Br. Jerome Pryor, SJ.  View his art on his website.

I just came from watching the 114th Boston Marathon.  An awesome sight!  It got me thinking about the ten best reasons why a marathon is a metaphor for life.  My votes follow-- what are yours? 1. It's about the goal,...

My parish did something different with the foot washing ceremony last Holy Thursday.  Instead of the priest washing the feet of twelve parishioners (often twelve men), everyone in the congregation had their feet washed and washed others' feet.  You...