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Best Ignatian Songs: Livin' on a Prayer

Jim Manney

This week's Ignatian song is the hard rock classic "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. It's about a working class couple "livin'...

Administration as a Spiritual Path

Jim Manney

People who work as administrators grumble about it all the time. "Another meeting." "Another performance review." "Another crisis." Yet administration is on St. Paul's...

The Power of a Book

Jim Manney

Here is a fascinating conversion story by a blogger named Webster Bull. The decisive moment in his spiritual journey came when he wandered into...

Ignatian Contemplation

Jim Manney

Prayer using the imagination is a pillar of the Ignatian spiritual tradition. In its most common form, you take a passage from scripture, usually one of...

Best Ignatian Songs: Ripple

Jim Manney

This week's song selection is "Ripple" by the Grateful Dead. It was recommended by John Montag, SJ, who wrote on the Ignatian Spirituality Facebook...

Different Sins for Different Sexes

Jim Manney

Men and women struggle with different sins, according to research carried out by Roberto Busa, SJ, a Jesuit scholar. Fr. Busa studied the sins...

Jesuits as Soldiers

Jim Manney

It's a common misconception that Ignatius Loyola set up the Jesuits along military lines, with a warlike outlook, a rigid chain of command, and...

Spiritual Exercises in Art

Jim Manney

This is a stained glass window created by Dennis McNally, SJ, depicting three of the principal meditations in the Spiritual Exercises. The artist explains: The...

Dulles on Faith

Jim Manney

Cardinal Avery Dulles, SJ, who died late last year, was one of the most readable theologians. America magazine recently published a short essay of his...