When we can’t be near those that we love, we try to keep in touch and look forward to when we see them again. William Manaker, SJ, reminds us that our relationship with Jesus is no different.
An Invitation to Consider Spiritual Direction this Easter Season
Your walk with God is already underway. Spiritual direction is a way of paying attention to God with you on your journey. As we journey through the Easter season, Eric Panicco, SJ offers an introduction to Spiritual Direction and an invitation to consider incorporating it into your own walk of faith.
Inside the Jesuit Novitiate: Reflections on the Novitiate from a Recently-Vowed Jesuit
The Jesuit Novitiate can be a mysterious time for family and friends of Jesuit novices. Paul Gillam, SJ, offers a look at the novitiate experience from the perspective of a Jesuit who took First Vows in August, 2025 and shares his reflections on the first stage of Jesuit formation.
Stay Plugged in This Easter with the Stations of the Resurrection
Many people pray the Stations of the Cross during Lent, but Easter offers its own prayerful invitation. Chris Kinkor, SJ, shares the beauty he has found in the Stations of the Resurrection and offers an invitation to incorporate them into your Easter celebration.
Despair’s Elixir
If, when it is all over…and we somehow come to find out that there is no God after all, I am going to be absolutely livid.
Intro to the Spiritual Exercises: Freedom
What does is it mean to truly be free? Br. Mark Mackey, SJ, continues to lead us through an introduction to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, in which Ignatius calls for us to shed from ourselves the things that hold us down. What’s keeping you from...
Stephen Colbert, Solanus Casey, and Walter Ciszek on Gratitude
Lessons on gratitude from the Late Show host and two men on the path to canonization.
Quick Look at the Spiritual Exercises: Introduction
It's good to exercise the bodies, but what about the soul? We've got just the thing for you: the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Join us in the next several weeks as we give a quick overview of this great gift of Ignatius of Loyola.
Love in the Time of Swift
In her new album, “Lover”, Taylor Swift explores all the myriad ways in which we love, but also what power that love can hold over us.
How My Friend Teaches Me To Be Present
How finding God on the streets of Chicago can change someone.




