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What Does Love Look Like?

Tim Muldoon

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...

Best Ignatian Songs: Gabriel’s Oboe

Jim Manney

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...

Running the Jesuit Numbers

Jim Manney

For a a global view of the Society of Jesus, examine The Changing Jesuit Geography, a paper by Thomas P. Gaunt, SJ, executive director...

Ignatius’s Management Style

Jim Manney

One of Ignatius's secretaries, Father GonÃ§alves da Camara, recalled his management style and method of making decisions. Our Father is accustomed to being so...

The Fruit of Desolation

Jim Manney

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...

Examen Book Review

Jim Manney

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...

The Worst Day of the Year

Maureen McCann Waldron

We made it. We got through January 24th, the worst day of the year. A group in Great Britain came up with this date a...

The Spiritual Exercises and the 12 Steps

Jim Manney

Fr. Edward Dowling, SJ, a friend of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, was convinced that the Spiritual Exercises influenced the 12 Steps...