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What has Modern Business to do with Ignatian…

It is becoming fashionable to link business concepts with Ignatian spirituality in general and discernment in particular. In the recent past it began with Chris Lowney, and has gained currency with some Jesuits. It is…

Two Worldly Saints: Ignatius of Loyola and a…

John O’Malley, a noted Jesuit historian, observes, “Ignatius redefined the traditional basis of saintliness which usually involved a degree of unworldliness.” For Ignatius, reality is more important than the ideal of any kind. Yes, O'Malley…

Blessed Johann Philipp Jeningen, SJ

(Venerable Johann Philipp Jeningen will be beatified on 16th July 2022, in Ellwangen, Germany. His feast day will be 2ndJuly.) [auth] Johann Philipp Jeningen (1642-1704) was a Home Missionary in Germany. He was revered as…

Prayer Dynamics in the Spiritual Exercises

The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola is broadly referred to as a ‘school of prayer’. It provides a number of formal ways of approaching God: Meditation, Imaginative Contemplation, Application of the Senses, Repetition, Triple Colloquy,…

A Novel Handbook for Ignatian Retreat

This book, TO SEE ALL THINGS NEW IN CHRIST, is prepared keeping in mind the Ignatian Year and its theme. It is a collection of thirteen eight-day Ignatian retreats for various groups: religious men, religious…

Ignatian Insights in Ignatian Year

St. Ignatius of Loyola underwent a deep conversion following the battle of Pamplona in 1521. To commemorate this event Fr. Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, has asked Jesuits all over the…

Vandana Shiva: The “Gandhi of Grain”

On 5th November 1952, India received an erudite scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, seed conservationist, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author, namely, Dr. Vandana Shiva. Her brain-child Navdanya, is an India-based non-governmental organisation which promotes biodiversity…

Chilling Story of Siliguri

She has received rape threats. Her parents are stalked constantly. When she walks on the street, miscreants pelt stones at her. Simply because she works for her community to end child marriages. Nineteen-year-old Koyel Sarkar…

Fr. Mathew Pichalakattu, SJ (GUJ) 1940-2022

Like the rich young man of the gospel, young Mathew felt the loving and inviting gaze of the Lord on him. Mathew Picha also left everything and followed the Lord for the unknown land of…