 Resources
For a short biography of Ignatius, go to Life of St Ignatius. For an explanation and commentary on the Spiritual Exercises, go to Discovering a Sacred World. For Father Arrupe's address to alumi/ae on Faith and Justice, go to Men and Women for Others. For a particular application of Ignatian Spirituality, go to Coming to Terms With the Mission: The American, Jesuit, Catholic University. For on-line ministries (Creighton University), go to www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html PRAYER RESOURCES For information on the Retreat in Daily Life (19th Annotation), go to www.bridgesfoundation.org For information on the Week/Month of Guided Prayer program, go to www.weekofguidedprayer.org For information on White House Retreats, go to www.whretreats.org For a 3-minute daily retreat from Loyola Press, go to www.FindingGod.org For Ignatian daily prayer (Irish Jesuits), go to www.sacredspace.ie For prayer downloads for your MP3 player (English Jesuits), go to www.pray-as-you-go.org IGNATIAN APOSTOLIC COMMUNITY For information on the Christian Life Community, go to www.clc-usa.org TEXT of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola: St. Ignatius of Loyola recorded his spiritual experiences during a year of prayer at Manresa, Spain (34 miles north of Barcelona) from March of 1522 to February of 1523. The Spiritual Exercises were to form the basis of many retreats given to priests, religious, and lay people. They are offered in closed sessions of a weekend, five, eight or the full thirty days at retreat houses as well as retreats in everyday life made at home over the course of about nine months (technically often referred to as a 19th Annotation retreat).
The book of the Spiritual Exercises is not a text to be read as a work of non-fiction, but exercises to be prayed, usually under the guidance of a trained spiritual director. The original Spanish text of the Exercises was translated into two Latin versions (the Versio Prima and the Vulgate) which were approved by Pope Paul III in 1548. Text of the Spiritual Exercises
File Size: 245,843 bytes Unfortunately, this document does not use the standard section numbers developed in 1928 by Arturo Codina SJ. This may make it difficult to reference the text. The 1909 translation presented here is by Elder Mullan SJ and is considered by many to be the most literal and accurate of the English versions. As expected in this type of translation, the English can be clumsy. THE IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY NETWORK (Saint Louis)
The Saint Louis Ignatian Spirituality Network is an association of programs and organizations in the Saint Louis area inspired by the life, writings, and spirituality of Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Our collaboration arises from a commitment to support programs in Ignatian spirituality and in so doing encourage ourselves and others to live that spirituality in practice. We build networks of mutual support, promote a common vision of service, and foster new and closer forms of cooperation. We do so consistent with the nature of our diverse and complementary calls to holiness. As apostolic partners we carry on this ministry out of an acknowledged responsibility for Christ’s mission in the world and our desire to join people of good will in the service of God’s Kingdom. Network Participants:
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