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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

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 [...]

USA Today profiles Jim Martin, SJ. (”Everyone needs a medium. Mine is popular culture.”)
A suggestion for imaginative meditation.
William Barry, SJ, on having a friendship with God this Lent.
An exhibit about the Passion in Art at St. Louis University.
Lisa Kelly ponders what wasn’t said. (”It can be the most powerful message of all.”)

Today is the traditional beginning of the Novena of Grace in honor of St. Francis Xavier, a nine-day devotion that has been popular for centuries.  The first Novena of Grace dates back to 1634, when the intercession of St. Francis obtained the miraculous cure of another Jesuit.  The novena ends on March 12, the date [...]