JSEA has posted a re-visioned Grad at Grad draft on its website.  JSEA is hoping you will read this draft, with proposed changes identified, and then complete the survey.  Stakeholder input is an esential part of this re-visioning process.
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The Ignatian Solidarity Network’s spring Teach-In will be hosted at Wheeling Jesuit University, WV and focus on environmental justice and sustainability.  The Teach-In,  March 5-7, will focus on the moral implications of climate change, who is most impacted, the ways you can get more engaged in environmental justice and sustainability and how to share this [...]

Look for registration for these upcoming JSEA events:
Librarians and Media Specialists  Conference – Philadelphia, PA  April 25-28 (Registration is now open)
Trustees Conference – Santa Clara, CA  June 20-22
Colloquium – Santa Clara, CA  June 21-25

Today is the anniversary of the canonization of Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier in 1622.  Teresa of Avila and Philip Neri were also canonized on that day, making March 12, 1622, possibly the greatest day in the history of canonizations.
The painting above by the Jesuit Andrea Pozzo depicts Ignatius sending Xavier to the missions in [...]

What the deal with self-flagellation?  (There’s a lively discussion in the comments.)
Jim Martin, SJ, sets Glenn Beck right.
Jesuits go green.
Some thoughts on the Examen.
Paul Coutinho, SJ, on forgiveness in Lent.

Ignatius Loyola strides through the snow at the Jesuit Retreat House in Wernersville, Pennsylvania.  Photo by the Law and Gospel blogger.  Go here for more on Ignatian retreats.

Jack Mahoney, SJ,  suggests we review our Lenten program. But be careful: “What we should avoid is the almost magical or superstitious feeling that whatever we do in religion must be done completely and meticulously, like completing a novena or an indulgence or a chain prayer. For one thing, the Lord may have made it [...]

Fr. Jim Martin has just published a new book, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything.  It’s an in-depth, witty, and very readable account of Ignatian spirituality, aimed at both believers and seekers.  It includes chapters on desire and the spiritual life, prayer, decision making, and being contemplatives in action.  Browse the contents here at the [...]