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by Jim Haggerty   Hope grows stronger in me when I reflect on simple things such as a family letter, a history book, an immigration form, and a tin whistle.   When I entered the Jesuits in 1961, my father wrote me the first of many letters saying he was very happy and...

by Lucy Howell, Ignatian Volunteer, San Diego   The Kino Border Initiative (KBI) is an eight year old bi-national mission to deportees at the Arizona/Mexico border offering humanitarian assistance (46,000 meals and shelter for nearly 400 women and children last year),...

This blog post from Fr. William Barry, SJ, is a reflection on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, written by Bryan Stevenson.  Ignatian Volunteers across the country are reading and reflecting in community on this book this year.  This piece is written on...

by Linda Wihl   On Palm Sunday, Fr. Bob Thesing, SJ asked us to listen to the Passion Story with a new perspective, listen for some word or idea that might stand out.  They read a narrative gospel, “not word for word from the missal so listen don’t read along”.  The...

by Rev. Brian O. McDermott, S.J. These days many folks living in the United States are wracked by fear and anxiety. They may be undocumented immigrants; they may fear that they will lose their medical insurance; they may be concerned that they will lose the modest...

This blog post from Fr. William Barry, SJ, is a reflection on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, written by Bryan Stevenson.  Ignatian Volunteers across the country are reading and reflecting in community on this book this year.  This piece is written on...

by Kathleen Groh Take me, O take me as I am; Summon out what I shall be. Set your seal upon my heart, and live in me. I read these familiar words in an email last week and began humming the haunting melody. I remembered singing it as a mantra many times before this,...

This blog post from Fr. William Barry, SJ, is a reflection on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, written by Bryan Stevenson.  Ignatian Volunteers across the country are reading and reflecting in community on this book this year.  This piece is written on...

by Dolores Royston, Ignatian Volunteer, Washington DC Several years ago a friend gave me a copy of The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything, by Father James Martin, SJ —and it changed me. I realized that I was missing a way to share with others, my deep faith in the...