In the context of the Ignatian Year, a thoughtful reflection on St. Ignatius and his spiritual life journey. Was St. Ignatius a spiritual man? A saintly or holy man? A deeply God-fearing, prayerful man? Certainly not at least for the first 26 years of his life....
On 25 May, the Vatican Postal Service issued a postage stamp to mark the beginning of the Ignatian Year. It is not every day that a project of the Society of Jesus receives this type of publicity with such a universal dimension. The original work represented is a...
Let us place ourselves before our loving God and pray the official Ignatian Year prayer together. Loving God, We come before You asking for Your special grace as we go through the year dedicated to the memory of the conversion of Saint Ignatius. We remember the battle...
By Valeria Méndez de Vigo Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat “Seemingly small things matter.” Just as the cannonball wounded Ignatius, his worldly dreams were shattered to make him start living out God’s plan for him. In doing so, he changed the course of his life...
For almost two years now the Jesuits in Spain have been planning to use the 500th anniversary of the day when Ignatius was seriously wounded in the battle of Pamplona, as an opportunity for reflection and even for spiritual renewal. Spain produced the first ideas for...
For the Ignatian Year, the Holy See has granted a plenary indulgence. Benoît Malvaux explains what this means today. On the occasion of the jubilee of the 500th anniversary of the conversion of St. Ignatius and the 400th anniversary of his canonization, the Holy See,...
