Blessed Peter Favre, St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier enjoyed a very close friendship, which began at the University of Paris, where the three were roommates. Fr. James Martin, SJ., offers a mediation on the friendship between the three men.
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St. Ignatius of Loyola: A (very) brief bio
Here was an average man without much prior interest in religious observance, assuming that he could emulate two of the greatest saints in the Christian tradition.
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Give the Sacred Heart devotion a second chance
We are missing a powerful and vivid symbol of the love of Jesus, writes Father James Martin. For the Sacred Heart is nothing less than an image of the way that Jesus loves us.
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St. Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit hero
Every Jesuit saint was a member of the Society of Jesus, lived vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in community; and were formed by the Spiritual Exercises. But even with those important commonalities, no one was alike.
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The Worst Sin I’ve Ever Committed
Father James Martin on the worst mistake he made working as a young Jesuit among the East African refugees who settled in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Fay Vincent on George Hunt
Thanks to former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent for sending this remembrance of George W. Hunt, S.J.
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R.I.P.: George W. Hunt, S.J., Editor of America (1984-1998)
The Rev George W Hunt, S.J., editor in chief of America magazine from 1984-1998, died this morning at the Fordham University Jesuit community in New York.
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The Catholic Brothers and St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Oct. 31 is the feast of a remarkable Catholic brother, St. Alphonsus Rodríguez, the humble Jesuit porter of Majorca.
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On the Feast of the North American Martyrs, remembering the courageous life of St. Jean de Brébeuf
St. Jean de Brébeuf’s life, like the lives of all the North American Martyrs, has much to teach us about working and living among those who are different from us.
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Who was the real Iñigo of Loyola?
An excerpt from ‘The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything,’ by Father James Martin