By Cipriano Díaz Marcos, SJ Assistant to Father General for Southern Europe On 31 July 2022, just a few days ago, Fr Arturo Sosa, the General of the Society of Jesus, led the Society to celebrate the conclusion of the Ignatian Year in Loyola. This year began in...
A collaboration of InfoSJ and The Society of Jesus in Spain On Sunday 31 July, Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Jesuits, brought to a close the Ignatian Year, with which the Society of Jesus commemorated the 500th anniversary of the conversion of Ignatius of...
On 31 July 2022, we celebrate the feast of St Ignatius. Loyola is the place where it all began for this man: he was transformed by the grace of a call from the Lord. Loyola is also the place where Jesuits, and the whole Ignatian family, brought the«Ignatian Year» to a...
This consecration will not only conclude the Ignatian Year, but continue to foster the current of grace which has been flowing in people’s hearts since May 2021. Father General chose this consecration of the Society to the Sacred Heart. For Jesuits, it unites word and...
Redemptive suffering. A testimony of my conversion... This article was first published in the Jesuits Yearbook of 2021. You can find the entire Yearbook following this link. 21 February 2014. I was on my way to preside over the festive Eucharist in...
During this celebration of the Ignatian Year, St Ignatius of Loyola is portrayed in a myriad of ways, from the traditional–as seen in the great paintings, sculptures, and antique texts from Europe–to the more current, usually as illustration or even graphic design. A...
Availability and welcoming of the newness that comes from God. That is how Ignatius experienced conversion! This article was first published in the Jesuits Yearbook of 2021. You can find the entire Yearbook following this link. How can one fail to be...
The Belgian artist Johan Tahon had already presented his sculpture entitled Metanoia to Father General Arturo Sosa and to Pope Francis. It depicts St Ignatius in his conversion process, in particular during the inner transformation that the knight, who was wounded in...
400th Anniversary of five canonisations By Yamid Castiblanco, SJ Five hundred years ago, because of a leg injury, God broke into the life of Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556). That wound eventually led Ignatius to put himself at the service of the Pope and the Universal...
By Iacopo Scaramuzzi Pope Francis will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the canonization of St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, and four other saints - the first collective canonisation in history - by celebrating a Mass in the Church of the...
During the Ignatian Year, an important date, 12th March 2022, marks the 400th anniversary of the canonization of St Ignatius. Pope Gregory XV, on 12th March 1622, officially recognized, in the name of the Church, the quality of life and commitment of five witnesses to...
In the context of the Ignatian Year, an offer is being made to all Jesuit institutions that should not be missed! It is the opportunity to screen a high-quality documentary film, The Ignatian Way, in Jesuit communities and institutions and in Ignatian groups. The...
Grace, Change, Freedom, Mission. Key words on the multiple paths of conversion. This article was first published in the Jesuits Yearbook of 2021. You can find the entire Yearbook following this link. Whether we are born Christian or have become...
Iñigo of Loyola in Pamplona. An end – and a beginning? This article was first published in the Jesuits Yearbook of 2021. You can find the entire Yearbook following this link. Iñigo was a little under 30. He had devoted his teenage years and twenties to...
Christmas with Ignatius of Loyola During this Ignatian Year, let us reflect with Ignatius of Loyola on Christmas. This article was first published in Civiltà Cattolica (link). Ignatius was convalescing in his castle in Loyola. A few months earlier, defending the walls...
Francis Xavier: His Personal Conversion and the Conversion of Others – An Interplay This article was first published in the Jesuits Yearbook of 2021. You can find the entire Yearbook following this link. It all began in 1528 when Ignatius of Loyola came...
Mary, our “Ina”, accompany us during the Ignatian Year to your Son The Provincial of the Philippine Province, Fr. Primitivo Viray Jr SJ, shares a reflection during this Ignatian Year on the importance of Mary for St. Ignatius and for himself. First published on the...
The wound of Ignatius in art Íñigo de Loyola was a proud man who saw great things for his future. He imagined a life filled with adventure, fame and riches - dreams of life at court and all the honors that accompanied them. Those dreams came to an end in 1521...
What the conversion of St. Ignatius can teach us 500 years later Fr. Jean Luc Enyegue SJ from Cameroon reflects on the significance of St. Ignatius' conversion for us today. This article was first published in America Magazine. In 1597, on the same day...
This article was first published in the Jesuits Yearbook of 2021. You can find the entire Yearbook following this link. The “Camino Ignaciano” (Ignatian Way) was designed several years ago in order to recreate the journey made by Íñigo from his house in Loyola...
Tiziano Ferraroni SJ reflects on the importance of vulnerability for Saint Ignatius and in the founding of the Society of Jesus. He sees the acceptance of humanity’s innate vulnerability as a major challenge for contemporary society. What would we expect to...
