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Halloween and All Saints Day Explained

Jim Manney

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

Jim Manney

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

Jim Manney

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...

What Jesuits Are Like

Jim Manney

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

Jim Manney

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

What Does God Think of You?

Maureen McCann Waldron

“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

Tim Muldoon

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

Appreciating Newman

Jim Manney

Michael Paul Gallagher, SJ, discusses Blessed John Henry Newman's insights into conscience, an educated laity, reason, and the importance of our ordinary experience in...