DotMagis blogger Tim Muldoon has just published a new book, a memoir titled Longing to Love: A Memoir of Desire, Relationships, and Spiritual Transformation. Here's what Tim himself says about why he wrote it: It has arisen in large part...

Sometime over the weekend, the Ignatian Spirituality page at Facebook signed up its 5000th fan.   The Ignatian community on Facebook is large and lively.  Many of the dotMagis blog posts appear there too, and they often spark lively comments. ...

“Look, listen, and feel.” These are the basic instructions of any CPR course. Why? Because we know from experience that in order to help a person who appears to be in physical distress, it is important first to see what is really...

Jesuits come from many walks of life. Brother Pat Douglas, SJ, was trained as a clinical social worker before he entered the Society. In this video he talks about his vocation and his work among at-risk Lakota youth on the...

...is a child sleeping.  I am sometimes awed by just the feeling that rises up in me when beholding one of my daughters asleep; it is an intense experience of grace. What makes that statement more than pious nonsense, I...

In 1602 the Jesuit Matteo Ricci created a map of the world and presented it to the Chinese emperor.   It was the first world map to combine the geographic knowledge of the west and east.  It is now on...

This week Loyola Press sold the 100,000th copy of My Life with the Saints by James Martin, SJ. Very few trade books come anywhere near this milestone. Terry Locke, associate publisher of Loyola Press, noted in a company-wide email...

Tim Muldoon, who blogs here at dotMagis, has published an excellent article on sexuality and Ignatian spirituality in The Way, a journal published by the British Jesuits.  Here's a taste: To imitate Christ and to feel as Christ would feel—these...

Always look for the good in people, said Ignatius Loyola.  He said "be more eager to put a good interpretation on a neighbor's statement than to condemn it."  Needless to say, this isn't always my instinctive response to what...

I am on retreat with some 40 Boston College students. For five days, we are keeping silence together and attending to the mystery of God. During a meeting with other guides, an older Jesuit remarked that those who shared the long...