Father Ignatius's Page

Writings about Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises, etc.

I have assembled most of my writings, plus some of the work of Morgan Zo-Callahan and Bonnie Johnson Shurman, about Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises, etc. on one page so that I could see where they were going and solicit feedback. 

Ignatius was not an atheist or a non-theistic hidden Zen master. His Exercises, however, spring from inner experience, prayer, and meditation. I want to test the hypothesis that they hold up outside Catholic theology.

Looking at The Particular Examen of Saint Ignatius with Fresh Eyes

"This May be Heresy"
A reformulation of the “Particular Examen” in Saint Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises

Ignatius’s "Discernment of Spirits" as Emotional Intelligence
In a cave in northern Spain between 1522 and 1524, Ignatius of Loyola had a series of spiritual experiences that changed his life and sparked a spiritual revolution.

Goa, Saint Francis, and Me
Who am I? Written for the publication of "Spiritual Journeys" by a group of former Jesuits.

Occam’s Razor of Emotional Discernment
Asking another question of Occam’s Razor.

Head versus Heart, Faith and Reason, Reason and the Emotions
The Discernment of Spirits in the Spiritual Exercises.

"Finding God in All Things" by Bonnie Johnson Shurman
Bonnie gave this paper the same title as William Barry’s book: Finding God In All Things, A Companion To The Spiritual Exercises Of St. Ignatius (Barry 1991).

Inclined Toward Love: Notes While Doing the Spiritual Exercises by Morgan Zo-Callahan
Making the Spiritual Exercises according to the Nineteenth Annotation, 1998.

The Dynamism of Desire
The following is a conversation about The Dynamism of Desire, Bernard J. F. Lonergan, S.J., on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

The Beginnings of a Christian-Zen Bibliography

My Personal Studia Paedagogica Ignatiana
An Index of many other pages that I attribute to years of Jesuit Formation.