Today is the Feast of Blessed Pierre Favre S J one of the early Jesuit companions and an overlooked Jesuit hero nbsp Often called the Second Jesuit Favre was said by St Ignatius Loyola the founder of the Society of Jesus nbsp to be the man best suited to direct others in his Spiritual Ex

A brand-new reviewer for our online Culture section Bryan McCarthy a DPhil candidate in theology at Oxford University writes about the touching new movie Terri where McCarthy and the characters found grace nbsp Fundamentally the new film nbsp Terri directed by Azazel Jacob is about grac

The editors and staff of America wish all of our readers viewers and friends a happy Feast of St Ignatius Loyola nbsp Be sure to read the reflection by John Coleman S J in the post below nbsp Here is Ignatius s famous Take Lord Receive or Suscipe prayer to mark the day nbsp May you

In preparation for the Feast of St Ignatius Loyola on July 31 a video meditation on the life and spiritual legacy of the founder of the Society of Jesus Who Cares About the Saints Ignatius from Loyola Productions on Vimeo

A meditation on the mosaic of Sts Joachim and Anne--traditionally Mary s parents--by Marko Rupnik SJ which graces the nbsp Chapel at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut nbsp This meditation nbsp ran in our Christmas issue last year nbsp nbsp This is perhaps the most unexpected part of th

Today is the feast day of St. Mary Magdalene, one of the most misunderstood of all saints. 

As the drought in East Africa deepens men women and children die from lack of water and food nbsp In Dadaab on the Somali border hundreds of thousands are massing severely testing the resources of international aid agencies nbsp If you want to help CRS is a good place to start nbsp Their

When the new John Jay report came out in May--lauded in some quarters and lambasted in others--I remember thinking I wonder what Mary Gail Frawley-O Dea thinks about it nbsp Frawley-O Dea a psychologist and author nbsp is nbsp one of the country s leading experts on child abuse and was the o

Besides being our talented online editor Maurice Timothy Reidy is also an experienced professional journalist a graduate nbsp of Columbia University s School of Journalism affectionately called the J School who worked for a time at the Hartford Courant in Connecticut as well as for that other

Again nbsp That makes at least three masterpieces found in Jesuit residences including a Caravaggio in Ireland and a Tintoretto in Pennsylvania nbsp We really have to start paying more attention nbsp Here s the story from the BBC A lost painting by Renaissance artist Michelangelo has been