Ignatian Spirituality

By Gretchen Crowder

One May, a couple of years ago, my spirit was in desperate need of awakening. I was having a rough year, and like many educators and parents, I was struggling to make it through those last few weeks before summer. To give my spirit a quick start, I decided to stop at the store one […]

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By Marina Berzins McCoy

With the passing of Pope Francis, I feel sadness but also gratitude for what he contributed not only to the Church but also to humanity more widely. They are gifts of peace, simplicity, and solidarity with the poor. Peace Pope Francis was a proponent of peace, often working to encourage it both in world events […]

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By Gary Jansen

When my mother was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer, hope flew from me like leaves in a hurricane. Hope was replaced by fear and anxiety. I was frightened for my mother, myself, and my family. I was anxious about what lay ahead for my mom and for all of us. My mom—a petite embodiment […]

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By Gerri Leder

“Did you receive our invitation?” I drew a blank when a friend asked why I hadn’t responded to a hospital event invitation. How could I have missed that? I pondered as I fished the e-mail out of my spam filter. When I found the missed message, I wondered what else I may not have seen. […]

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By Marina Berzins McCoy

My husband and I enjoy walking in a local arboretum on spring weekends. We have been doing it since our children were small, and while they are adults now, we appreciate the deep familiarity with a variety of trees and plants that we have known over the years. An aspect of spring that is beautiful […]

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Embark on a unique retreat experience guided by Pope Francis himself through First Belong to God by Austen Ivereigh.

By Gretchen Crowder

At the start of the year, my twins were curious about New Year’s resolutions. They asked a bunch of questions about what they are, why people make them, and finally, if I were going to make one. I hesitated before replying, “I don’t know. When I set a goal, boys, I can get a little […]

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By Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Like many of us today, the disciples on the road to Emmaus were at a loss and in despair over a world seemingly gone mad, seeing the foundational principles of the world around them being shaken and living in fear for their lives. […]

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By dotMagis Editor

We at Loyola Press are saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Francis. His Christian example has been an inspiration to countless people. We pay tribute to our joyful shepherd in faith by remembering his life’s work of helping people find mercy, hope, and joy in God. In the words of Pope Francis: Dear […]

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By dotMagis Editor

The month of May is associated with the new growth and renewal of springtime as the earth heals itself from the ravages of winter. Catholics experience growth, renewal, and healing through our relationship with Jesus, and one way we can lean into that renewal is through praying the Rosary. Join award-winning author Gary Jansen for […]

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By dotMagis Editor

Jesus’ reign is truly not of this world (John 18:36). For the grandeur of his kingdom is not power as defined by this world but the love of God, a love capable of encountering and healing all things. Christ humbled himself to us out of this love. He lived our human misery; he suffered the […]

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By Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Seven of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. It is the night of the Passover meal, the night before your death. You are not the calm, controlled, repetitive voice we hear each week at Mass. You are desperate, eager, attentive, and emotional. You say, “You have no idea how much I […]

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By Gary Jansen

On Good Friday, 1991, Pope John Paul II introduced an alternative way to pray the Stations of the Cross. Foregoing some of the traditional scenes that are not found in the Bible (e.g., Veronica wipes the face of Jesus), this new approach to the centuries-old devotion allowed believers to engage in the mysteries of Christ’s […]

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By Loretta Pehanich

“I hope it rains tomorrow.” “I hope they like me.” “I hope there’s cheesecake for dessert.” Before reading Pope Francis’s thoughts in his book, On Hope, I hadn’t thought much about the difference between ordinary hope and Christian hope. The greatest of all hopes is every Christian’s belief in eternal life. And as the Pope […]

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By Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. For all of my life as I have heard the Beatitudes read, my first reaction has been: “Which one am I? I am definitely not the poor in spirit. Am I the peacemaker? Am I the one who hungers for righteousness?” Essentially I […]

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In God Finds Us, Jim Manney shares his experiences of making the Spiritual Exercises in a down-to-earth, accessible narrative.

By Eric Clayton

I draw comfort from old things. An ancient tree, twisted and gnarled, reaching for the sky. A humble hillside chapel, its stones from a distant age, a spiritual shelter for pilgrims past. A simple pathway, well-trodden and well-kept, flattened by booted feet year after year. I draw comfort from old things and from knowing that […]

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In God Finds Us, Jim Manney shares his experiences of making the Spiritual Exercises in a down-to-earth, accessible narrative.

By dotMagis Editor

“This is what Christian hope is: having the certainty that I am walking toward something that is, not something that I hope may be. This is Christian hope. Christian hope is the expectation of something that has already been fulfilled and that will certainly be fulfilled for each one of us.” —Pope Francis Enjoy this […]

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In God Finds Us, Jim Manney shares his experiences of making the Spiritual Exercises in a down-to-earth, accessible narrative.

By Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. This faith thing takes labor, actual work. I can’t think, pray, study, reason, talk, or argue my path to God. I have to walk it, act it out, and labor. In my book, The Spiritual Path, I invite readers to set out on […]

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In God Finds Us, Jim Manney shares his experiences of making the Spiritual Exercises in a down-to-earth, accessible narrative.

By Vinita Hampton Wright

I once led a retreat on the Jersey shore. This particular weekend the sun came out bright and the temperature rose, and during our first session Saturday morning I announced that I would allow retreatants plenty of outdoor time. When we came to our lengthy break in the afternoon, I could see women heading off […]

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By dotMagis Editor

“Prayer leads us forward in hope.” Download a coloring page featuring this quote from On Hope by Pope Francis. You may wish to use the coloring page as a reflective experience. If you’re not drawn to coloring, a completed version of the page is provided. Use it as a decoration near where you like to […]

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In God Finds Us, Jim Manney shares his experiences of making the Spiritual Exercises in a down-to-earth, accessible narrative.

By Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Parenthood: there is no greater joy or desperation. A parent is fully responsible, yet fully out of control. All of us know how easily a toddler can bring the most eloquent and intelligent to their knees. As a vocation, a calling from God, […]

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In God Finds Us, Jim Manney shares his experiences of making the Spiritual Exercises in a down-to-earth, accessible narrative.