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Halloween Giving? Yes, Giving.

What for years seemed like extreme cruelty, now impresses me as heroic parenting. The parent in this case was my mother who, back in the...

Halloween and All Saints Day Explained

What does Halloween mean? Why does All Saints Day follow the next day? Jim Martin, SJ, explains it all. 

The Examen Is Good for Men

The evangelical blogger John Mark Hicks makes an excellent point about the examen: I think it is particularly important for men since it focuses on...

Make an Online Retreat

If you would like to make a retreat, but can't get away for a weekend at a Jesuit retreat house, take a look at...

Just Because It’s Friday

We've been very serious on dotMagis this week. Let's lighten up on Friday. Kick back, relax, and listen to the greatest song...

What Jesuits Are Like

Jesuits educated me (St. Peter's College), they employ me (Loyola Press), and they pastor me (St. Mary Student Parish, Ann Arbor).  So I'm very...

Thrift Store Saints

Fifteen years ago, Jane Knuth wandered into the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Kalamazoo, Michigan, looking to buy a rosary for her...

Wandering

Though I have not yet seen the exhibit "The Wanderer," by Enrique Martínez Celaya, (at the Museum of Biblical Art in New York) I...

What Does God Think of You?

“Imagine God thinking about you. What do you assume God feels when you come to mind?” That question begins David Benner's Surrender to Love, which...

Imitatio sancti

A misspent youth, getting caught up in riches and all sorts of vanity.  A soldier, seeking the honors that the world tells him are...

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