Editor's Note: This is excerpted from The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditations with Ignatius of Loyola (Anamchara Books, 2021). Used with permission. When religious historians ...

Washington D.C., Jul 31, 2023 / 02:15 am. 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 ...

Ignatius of Loyola Has Been There Too St. Ignatius knew what it was to have a heart called by heaven and a mind trapped in sadness. Miguel Cabrera (1695-1768), “The Conversion of St. Ignatius of ...

Ignatius Loyola was beatified by Pope Paul V in 1609 and canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. He was declared patron of all spiritual retreats by Pope Pius XI in 1922 and also a patron of soldiers.