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    As I gain some distance from my immersion in watching the Winter Olympics, I've been distilling in my mind the lasting impressions.  I've always been a huge fan of the Olympics--it's part Greek history, part supreme athletic comptetition, part...
    This Lent, says Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, take the time to "bother."  He points out that the people who angered Jesus were people like the two guys who ignored the wounded man in the parable of the Good Samaritan. ...
    Anthony Lusvardi, SJ, thinks that repetitive prayer is often just what we need: While these “formal” prayers are often learned in the most mundane settings—before going to bed as children, in catechism class—once they become a part of our spiritual...
    Ann Boyd on the benefits of the Examen (“It connects my seemingly irrational emotional life with the workings of God"). An Evangelical compares the Ignatian charism to Rick Warren's and Bill Hybel's (and Francis's, Dominic's, and Benedict's). Running the Catholic numbers:...
    John O'Malley, SJ, is the featured speaker in the first of a series of videos on the Spiritual Exercises produced by Georgetown University.  The series looks at the dynamics of the Exercises and examines new ways that they are...
    A Lenten reflection from Fr. Jim Martin, S.J. Turns out that fasting is about money (at least in part):
    Last month America Magazine awarded its 2009 Campion Award to Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury-- a remarkable move, since the award is named after St. Edmund Campion, one of the English martyrs.  Williams writes movingly of "martyrial...
    My sister and her husband, who live in Oregon, had their inaugural bike ride of the season yesterday. She wrote that the sun was shining, daffodils are up and blooming, crocus fields are thriving and it was 65 degrees...
    Ash Wednesday was only yesterday, so it's not too late to start a Lenten prayer program.  We suggested several last week.  Here are two more--both from Jesuits. The Spiritual Exercises blog offers a daily program of prayer and reflection based...
    Nathan Stone, SJ, makes a strong case for giving the Spiritual Exercises to young people.  He thinks that veteran spiritual directors are too  cautious if they regard the Exercises as experiences for older, settled people. Some might think it safer...

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