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By Loretta Pehanich

I got an invitation to a party today, but it didn’t state a date or time for arrival. It also said, “The gift of your presence is gift enough.” That’s always a pressure reliever when invited to someone’s special event. I tossed the invitation aside as I rushed through my long to-do list, and soon […]

Click through to read the full article Leaving Things Incomplete, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

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In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

How do the Spiritual Exercises speak to an ecological crisis? In this Season of Creation, Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ proposes an “Ecological First Principle and Foundation” to ground a lasting ecological conversion.

The post The Spiritual Foundation of a Lasting Ecological Conversion appeared first on The Jesuit Post.

The Cross is one of the principal signs of our faith. Greg Okumu, SJ reflects how the Cross is a sign of a love that saves. Based on the readings for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

The post Costly Love that Saves | One-Minute Reflection appeared first on The Jesuit Post.

By dotMagis Editor

Lord, grant me the grace to live in the present and recognize what is possible to look to the future and trust you to be silent, and hear your voice in the stillness to do what you ask without arguing to humbly adapt to radical change to serve, and to graciously accept being served to […]

Click through to read the full article Prayer of an Aging Disciple, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

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In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

Learn how to develop clear, Intended Learning Outcomes for your courses and programs in this webinar led by Karen Shackleford-Cesare, from University College London (UCL).

Intended Learning Outcomes are short, clear statements that help students understand what they can expect to achieve at various stages throughout their learning journey. They enable course designers to ensure summative assessments test the desired learning has been achieved. Creating effective Intended Learning Outcomes is an important prerequisite in the design of learning activities and assessments, including within the ABC Learning Design process, which is used to develop short courses for Moodle Academy, as well as many other educational programs worldwide.

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By Eric Clayton

I own a peculiar baseball cap that I wear all the time. It’s a black hat, simple in appearance, save for the goofy-looking pinkish blob prominently featured above the rim. The blob is smiling, tongue out, with its big googly eyes wide and staring and happy. The blob has a name; it’s Morph. And Morph […]

Click through to read the full article My Silly Hat, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry.

In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

How can brushstrokes become a prayer? In this reflection, Sebastián Salamanca-Huet, SJ recounts how St. Peter Claver and the Rarámuri people helped him see that being Jesuit and artist are not two callings, but one vocation.

The post Jesuit and Artist: A Vocation Shaped by Claver and the Tarahumara appeared first on The Jesuit Post.

By dotMagis Editor

We could all use some tips when it comes to prayer, especially during these challenging times. In this episode of Pop-Up Prayer, Elsy Arévalo, Instructor and Assistant Director of the Center for Religion and Spirituality at Loyola Marymount University, explains that prayer is not about us reaching out to God as if we have to […]

Click through to read the full article Consenting to God Meeting Us, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

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In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

Jesus is the only one that can bring all of humanity together. Kevin Lee, SJ reflects how this Gospel passage, though seemingly confusing, points to the unitive power of Christ and the Eucharist. Based on the readings for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

The post Unity in Christ | One-Minute Homily appeared first on The Jesuit Post.

By Gretchen Crowder

I don’t remember much about the movie Office Space except the iconic scene in which three employees take out their frustrations on the office printer. Fed up with the repeated error message “PC LOAD LETTER” among other office things, the colleagues take the printer for a ride and destroy it with bats in a field. […]

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In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

By Shemaiah Gonzalez

My 16-year-old son and I stood shielding our eyes from the sun on an unusually hot afternoon at a four-track train station in Kent, England. We were looking for my friend, a vicar in the Church of England, who was to pick us up from the station. The vicar was hosting us at his vicarage […]

Click through to read the full article Kindness Eggs, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry.

In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

Canada has recently expanded the terms under which people may seek assistance in dying, even as New York is poised to legalize its own version of physician-assisted suicide. Erin Kast, SJ examines what these developments tell us about the differences in the meanings of ‘human dignity’ and ‘personhood’ as understood by the Church and in secular society.

The post What ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’ Tells us about the Origin of Human Dignity and the Meaning of Personhood appeared first on The Jesuit Post.

By Jane Knuth

Dean, my husband, asked me if my prayer list wasn’t just another to-do list, and I said, “Of course not. At least, I hope not. Well…no. I’m sure it can’t be. The irony would be extreme.” You see, my everyday to-do lists are what keep me focused on getting things done. They also give me […]

Click through to read the full article To-Do List vs. Prayer List, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry.

In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

From Cracker Barrel to city skylines, minimalism has stripped away much of what makes our culture unique. Alex Hale, SJ warns that this “conformist trap” isn’t just an aesthetic problem — it’s a spiritual one.

The post The Conformist Trap: How Minimalism is Killing our Identities appeared first on The Jesuit Post.

Hello Moodle community,

We're excited to announce that our Moodle 5.1 QA cycle begins today, September 1st, and will run for five weeks until the release date on October 6th.

About the QA Cycle
The QA cycle is a key part of our development process. This is when our community helps test Moodle's next version to ensure it's of the highest quality, reliability, and usability.

How You Can Help
Here's how you can get involved and make a difference:

• Exploratory Testing: Try out the latest Moodle features on our QA testing site. Experiment, explore, and share your feedback with us.
• Issue Reporting: If you find any issues, big or small, please report them on the Moodle Tracker. Your input is crucial to improving Moodle.

For detailed instructions on the QA testing process, please check out the QA testing guide. If you have any questions, feel free to post in this forum or join our Moodle QA chat on Telegram or Matrix.

Thank you for being such an essential part of our testing process. With your help, we’ll make Moodle 5.1 a fantastic release! 🚀

In today’s world, true humility may not be well understood—much less valued. Will Hayes, SJ reflects how Jesus Christ is a model for all people. Based on the readings for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

The post A Model of Humility | One-Minute Homily appeared first on The Jesuit Post.

By Melinda LeBlanc

Sometimes God surprises me in less-than-ideal situations. In the midst of hospital oxygen cannulas, monitors, and nurse call buttons, God revealed to me that God is present in my suffering and desires to bless me with hope. My husband and I were on our way home from a medical test when we got a call […]

Click through to read the full article Jesus at the Hospital, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry.

In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

By dotMagis Editor

Prayer for Minneapolis Recognizing that the children are with God, we at Loyola Press, in solidarity with the suffering people of Minneapolis, pray: For the parents and families in their grief. For care and healing for surviving classmates, teachers, and administrators. For those prone to violence, that they be stopped before they act, seek help […]

Click through to read the full article Prayer in the Wake of Violence, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry.

In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

By dotMagis Editor

Two Loyola Press authors will lead weekend retreats at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos (California) in the coming months. Consider these opportunities to learn from experienced and inspiring speakers in a peaceful and prayerful setting. Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, author of A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars, will lead a retreat titled “Is […]

Click through to read the full article Retreat Opportunities with Loyola Press Authors, which appeared first on Ignatian Spirituality.

IgnatianSpirituality.com ® is a service of Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry.

In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward.

Learn how to use the Moodle Database Activity creatively! During this webinar, presented by Thom Rawson from Moodle Academy, you will learn a few advanced techniques and methods for using the Moodle Database Activity. Through templating, CSS, HTML, and simple JavaScript, educators will be able to construct interactive Database Activities to enhance learner engagement and help to increase learner autonomy. In addition, a few alternative methods of assessing Database Activities will be discussed.

This webinar is part of the course 'Moodle Academy webinars'. You have to be enrolled in this free course to register and join the webinar.

→ Register at Moodle Academy.