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The What-How-Why of Prayer

What is Ignatian prayer? How can I pray? Why do we pray? These questions all speak to a desire to grow closer to God....

Mary at Her Annunciation as a Model for Growing in the Virtue of Faith

By Gerald M. Fagin, SJ From Putting on the Heart of Christ: How the Spiritual Exercises Invite Us to a Virtuous Life Mary at her Annunciation...

Consciousness Examen

Linnette Mathys

By George Aschenbrenner, SJ From Consciousness Examen, part of the Somos Católicos series Examen is a practice without much significance for many people in their spiritual...

Lent Resources

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Lent is a season of repentance and renewal. We turn away from our sinfulness and recommit ourselves to following Jesus. Ignatian contemplation and reflective...

Best Ignatian Songs: And the Glory of the Lord

Ignatian Songs Jim Manney

About ten days ago I went to a performance of Handel's Messiah by the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan. I do...

Faith and Action

Spirituality Tim Muldoon

Ignatian spirituality owes a great debt to Aristotle. Not a surprise, really--Ignatius absorbed the theology of Thomas Aquinas, who imbibed the philosophy of Aristotle...

William A. Barry, SJ

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William (Bill) Barry, a distinguished spiritual director and author, was born in Worcester, MA. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1950, studied philosophy...

Advent Resources

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During the four weeks of Advent, we prepare for the celebration of Christ’s birth through prayer and reflection. We contemplate the First Coming of...

A Spirituality of Action

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One characteristic of Ignatian spirituality is its focus and commitment to action. By Monika K. Hellwig From An Ignatian Spirituality Reader, edited by George W. Traub,...