Lodate e benedite il mio Signore, ringraziatelo e servitelo con grande umiltà. St Francis of Assisi. Rainbows and Catastrophes. When we see a rainbow, it is difficult not to be surprised by its beauty and promise. Though we know the scientific explanation, that does not…
A few weeks ago, I participated in the first Via Creationis ever conducted at the Santo Celso Forrest, near Lake Bracciano, Province of Rome. It has been a way of opening a new way of praying for me. Like the Via Crucis commemorates the mystery…
El Secretariado para el Servicio de la Fe ha organizado un seminario dirigido a jóvenes investigadores, cuyos temas de estudio versan sobre la espiritualidad ignaciana. El encuentro tuvo lugar en Roma, en la Curia General, del 14 al 17 de junio. El objetivo principal era crear…
CIS CONFERENCE: THE FORMULA OF THE INSTITUTE “A Pathway to God”, experience, vision, mission Click to read in other languages: ES / FR / IT The Secretariat for the Service of Faith has re-established the CIS conferences on Ignatian Spirituality. In the past, these have…
What is Pope Francis’ vision of theology? Marking the 10th anniversary of his election, in this article James Hanvey SJ explores what the Pope understands theology to be at the service of the Church. The article will appear in Italian in Civiltà Cattolica. “I think…
The new JCEP Network of Delegates for Spirituality had its first presential meeting in Rome, invited by the Secretary for the Service of the Faith in the General Curia, James Hanvey. To help the group reflect on the general topic of secularization, Cardinal José Tolentino…
Adviento celebra el advenimiento, la llegada de Jesús. Es un tiempo precioso en que la Liturgia –a través de las lecturas y símbolos- nos invita a renovar la esperanza porque Dios nunca nos abandona. Las lecturas bíblicas nos hablan de un Dios justo y amoroso…
Advent is a beautiful time. It is filled with many themes of waiting and expectation, of promises about to be filled, of time, journeys, visions, hopes, peoples in various forms of darkness waiting for the light, of creation itself caught in its own waiting and…
The Secretariat for the Service of the Faith is re-establishing the CIS conferences on Ignatian Spirituality. In the past, these have provided an important opportunity for scholars and practitioners to spend time exploring the riches of Ignatian Spirituality and the foundational texts of the Society. The…