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Cannonball Moment at a Funeral

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Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, at Creighton University, introduces his cannonball moment with the words, “A sad experience made me the happiest guy in the whole...

Cannonball at Loyola Chapel of the Conversion

Jim Manney

My cannonball moment happened about 60 miles northwest of where St. Ignatius had his cannonball moment. It happened in the very room where Ignatius...

A Transformative T-Shirt Slogan

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Theresa Wang, a campus minister from Taiwan, was thinking about leaving her school when a t-shirt slogan caught her attention. Shortly after, she went...

The Moment I Became a Mom

Becky Eldredge

Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re celebrating 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here,...

When the Scientist Encountered Deer

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Astrophysicist Paolo Beltrame, SJ, from Italy, was in South Dakota one Christmas when he saw deer. In that encounter, he experienced God not only...

My Bravest Prayer

Jean Heaton

In August of 2010, I put my then 21-year-old son into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for the first time. Our family immediately...

Cannonball D

Gretchen Crowder

I remember the exact moment the cannonball struck. I was sitting in a large lecture hall filled with aerospace and mechanical engineering students, taking...