Resources Featured Items How a Saint Joseph’s University Student Became a Voting Member at the Synod Julia Osęka may be uniquely positioned as a voting delegate in the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops this October, but her journey to Rome is one rooted in community. Story Jesuit Novices Pronounce First Vows Twenty-four Jesuit novices in the United States, Canada and Haiti pronounced first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in August 2023. Story The Day Fr. Ed Dowling, SJ, Brought AA’s Bill Wilson to Meet the St. Louis Jesuits Jesuit Father Ed Dowling’s guidance helped Bill Wilson, co-founder of AA, maintain his spiritual sobriety. Story Resource Listing TypesBlog PostEventsMinistriesNewsSpiritualStory SubjectArtsCompanionsEcologyEducationFirst NationsFormationGlobal Church -Jesuit ProvincesGovernmenthistoryImmigrationInternationalInvestment ResponsibilityJesuits in CanadaMemorialMemoriamOrdinationsParishesReconciliationremembranceRetreatsSocial JusticeSpiritualityUniversal Apostolic PreferencesvocationYouth MediaAudioVideoWebpage CLEAR FILTERS How Ignatian Spirituality Unlocked this Father’s Friendship with St. Joseph While praying one afternoon, I put myself at the Nativity scene in Bethlehem, and I sat on a hay bale holding the baby Jesus while Mary slept. Joseph sat next to me. Story Blessed Rutilio Grande: The Feet of the Gospel If Christ is not to remain in the clouds, then “the Gospel has to grow little feet,” Fr. Grande used to say. Story The Novena of Grace This miraculous novena is said to come from Italy, where a 17th-century Jesuit priest vowed to go to Japan during the great persecutions. Story A Prayer for Ash Wednesday As we begin our Lenten journey, ashes are smeared on our foreheads, and we hear the words, “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Story Light In The Darkness: Contemplation and Action for Peace in Ukraine In this moment of darkness, we act as light by committing to pray and act for peace in Ukraine, inspired by Ignatian spirituality. Story A Prayer for Peace How do we pray for peace from half a world away? How can words salve and soothe real wounds, assuage real fears, wipe tears from real eyes? Story “The End of Burnout”: Join us for a Jesuit Book Club Zoom Event with Author Jonathan Malesic The Jesuit Book Club's next selection is “The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives” by Jonathan Malesic. Story Caring for the Whole Person Includes Mental Health Caring for the whole person - cura personalis - means caring for our mental health. And the needs of our mental health crop up in surprising places. Story What Incarnational Theology Says about our Body Goals Shannon K. Evans, a writer and mother of five, chronicles moments of grace in her daily life. Story Imaginative Prayer: Where We Meet This poem, along with other Ignatian prayers, poems, reflections and art, first appeared in our free e-book, “Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: Through the Year with Ignatian Spirituality.” Story Spirit & Verse: A Prayer for Sunday of the Word of God Spirit & Verse is a monthly column of original poem-prayers composed by Cameron Bellm, a Seattle-based writer and mother of two whose “Prayer for a Pandemic” went viral, bringing solace and comfort to many struggling during COVID-19. Story Mappers of Space and Time Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, director of the Vatican Observatory, reflects on the Jesuits' contributions to science and astronomy. Story Previous1...1819202122...35Next