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“. . . we call spiritual exercises every way of preparing and disposing the soul to rid itself of all inordinate attachments and . . . of seeking and finding the will of God in the disposition of our life for the salvation of our soul.” Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual...

This blog, by Fr. Bill Barry, SJ, is a reflection on the spiritual readings and guide being used this month by Ignatian volunteers in all regions across the country. In Praying the Truth: Deepening Your Friendship with God through Honest Prayer (Loyola Press, 2102) I...

He tells us Rwanda is scarred Perpetrators, victims Living side by side. Reconciliation spoken Unheard in broken hearts.   He tells us A victim living in pain among perpetrators Might forgive but not forget. A perpetrator living in shame among victims Might...

“The mountains shall yield peace for the people, and the hills justice.” Psalm 72   The three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visited Scrooge in Charles Dickens short story “A Christmas Carol.” I read this story over again this year sitting before a...

St. Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset, New York, better known by its original name of Inisfada, will close in June.  Completed in 1920, the 87-room mansion was originally the summer home of Nicholas Brady, a Long Island businessman.  After his death, his widow...

What thoughts and images arise at the words, “Year of Faith?” Information can easily be found on the web, but if we engage in a reflective and imaginative exercise, especially if we choose to be open to the movements of inspiration, we might very well find some...

Like many Americans, I have struggled to comprehend the event at Sandy Hook Elementary School and have despaired that the “national conversation” (whatever that means) has so quickly devolved into the same old unhelpful clichés and political posturing. While the rest...

There, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they...

God is in all things whether we know it or not. The chapter we read in IVC this month from An Ignatian Spirituality Reader by George W. Traub, SJ helps us to know how to find God’s presence while we are working, living and functioning in the world, not removed to a...