In 1522 Ignatius became a pilgrim, giving away all his clothes and possessions to the poor and devoting himself to prayer and contemplation. A 17th-century statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola by Spanish ...
The founder of what traditionally has been the largest male religious order in the Catholic Church — the Jesuits — came into the world in 1491 (a year before Columbus sailed) as Iñigo de Loyola. His ...
When Ignatius of Loyola found himself bedridden with a shattered leg, all of his big dreams and plans disappeared. Arrogant, stubborn, and hot-tempered, Ignatius was a soldier to his core, and he ...
Editor's note: This essay is adapted from Christopher M. Bellitto's Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue with permission from Georgetown University Press. Some people are born humble. Others ...
Thirty-five SLU-Madrid students embarked on a pilgrimage to Spain's beautiful Basque Country for the Loyola Ignatian Pilgrimage Retreat. With trees that decorate the landscape, green hills that seem ...
On July 31, when the Church marks the feast day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, his “discernment” is seen as key to resolving many of today’s conflicts. When a young man joined the Jesuits years ago — or a ...
Besides being the founder of one of the largest religious orders in the world and the author of the “Spiritual Exercises,” St. Ignatius of Loyola is also the patron saint of soldiers. Here’s how this ...
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