This Lent, the Catholic prayer app Hallow will walk through the life-changing, spiritual classic by Fr. Walter Ciszek, SJ, He Leadeth Me. Fr. Ciszek was a Jesuit priest and missionary who was imprisoned for more than 20 years in the Soviet Union, first in solitary confinement and then in a Siberian gulag. Amidst some of …
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Uncle Larry was a good priest and a good man, willing to serve whole-heartedly wherever he was called.
An excerpt from “Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle” by Fr. James Martin, SJ, published this month by HarperOne As the story of the Raising of Lazarus begins (Jn 11:1-44), Jesus and his disciples are staying in a locale (still unknown) across the Jordan River, having fled Jerusalem after a threat of a …
by Caroline Matovic, BEd, BscN, Spiritual Director at St. Raphael the Archangel Parish The flame of Ignatian Spirituality is ablaze at St. Raphael the Archangel parish! “And the hunger for more (the magis, as referred to by St. Ignatius) is clearly evident with growing attendance and feedback from parishioners who are involved in Ignatian-based programming,” …
For the past 29 years, a New Year’s Eve Interfaith Prayer Service celebration has been held at St. Ignatius Church at 740 North Calvert Street in Baltimore City. Started in 1993 by the pastor, Father William Watters, S.J., the Service has gathered representatives from many different faiths, government services and various city programs to thank …
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The day after celebrating Mass on July 31 in the Basilica of Loyola in Spain for the Feast of St. Ignatius and the conclusion of the Ignatian Year, Father General Arturo Sosa was on a plane for the USA East Province, his first visit to the province since its creation in 2020. Having tasked the …
St. Ignatius, awed by mystery, draw our eyes ever upward to the heavens.
A song for the Ignatian Year, “Carry You,” has been released by Jesuit Tracks, a new musical collective for Jesuit musicians and colleagues. With a folk / electronic vibe, and lyrically based on the life of Ignatius of Loyola, the single was composed by Phil Hurley, SJ (Jesuits USA East), produced by multi-instrumentalist and Chilean …
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May 20, 2022 – For Jesuits, May 20 is not just another date on the calendar, but rather a pivotal moment in our founder’s history: It marks the anniversary of the spiritual conversion of St. Ignatius. St. Ignatius was struck by a cannonball 501 years ago today during the Battle of Pamplona, leaving him with …
A lot can happen in a century. Little could the soldier Ignatius of Loyola have known when he was badly wounded on the battlefield in 1521 that in a mere hundred years he would be canonized in the Catholic Church. But that’s all it was—one century. Last May, we celebrated the 500th anniversary of St. …