St Ignatius Loyola SJ
Founder of Society of Jesus
“Go forth and set the world on fire.”
Popularly known for
- Ignatian Spirituality
- A Great Writer
- Examination of Conscience
- Discernment
- Simple Living & High Thinking
Biography
Ignatius Loyola , born (1491) of a Basque noble family; chose a life of chivalry and sought fame until he was wounded at the battle of Pamplona (1521); during long convalescence he underwent a spiritual conversion; lived as a hermit at Manresa where he began to see how God was active in his life; his notes from this time became the Spiritual Exercises; with companions he founded the Society of Jesus (1540); Ignatius spent the rest of his life developing and governing this new order. Died 31st July 1556 at Rome.
The Ignatian Year:
May 20, 2021 - July 31, 2022
The Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ, has called for an “Ignatian Year” to celebrate the life of St Ignatius Loyola the founder of the Jesuits.
The Year will open on May 20th, the 500th anniversary of when Ignatius the soldier was injured by a cannonball in the Battle of Pamplona. The Year will conclude on July 31, 2022, the feast day of St Ignatius. The peak of the celebration will fall on March 12, 2022, the 400th anniversary of the canonization of St Ignatius and St Francis Xavier. While the Ignatian Year honors the past, we are invited to be future-focused and attend to the Universal Apostolic Preferences.
The Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ,
The Manresa Experience
A prayer experience as a prelude to the Ignatian Novena organized by the #DigitalJesuits, #JCSA and #XIMUniversity. The prayer was broadcasted in 13 languages catering to the Jesuit stakeholders of the South Asian Conference.
Fr. Stanislaus D’Souza. President » JCSA introduced the prayer and we had messages from Fr. George Mutholil (Rome) and Fr. John Dardis (Rome). The final blessing was given by Fr. Arturo Sosa, the Superior General of Society of Jesus.
Let ‘The Manresa Experience: from the eyes of the Pilgrim’ help us deepen our God experience.
In English
In Khasi
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In Gujarati
In Malayalam
In Marathi
In Sinhala
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In Kanada
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A Limping Pilgrim
A story inspired by real events about a limping pilgrim, Íñigo, who relied on God and placed his trust in Him totally. That pilgrim is Ignatius of Loyola. His reflection, at the end of his life in Rome, invites us to be pilgrims ourselves, using discernment along the way.
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In Khasi
In Hindi
In Bengali
In Malayalam
In Marathi
In Tamil
In Kanada
In View of Ignatian Year-The Digital Jesuits are moving ahead in seeking the blessings of Mama Mary throughout the Month of May.
#IgnatianYear2021
Preparation for Ignatian Year
For Ignatius, a life of poverty was an expression of intimacy with Jesus, the Lord. More than words, his poverty was a sign of his interior transformation, of his growing vulnerability before the Lord, of his radical indifference to preparing himself to follow God’s will, of his sense that everything came down from above as a gift.
Living our vow of poverty in the current conditions of the world will require changes in our organizational culture. The path of the Spiritual Exercises can be our guide, starting with a profound renewal of our interior freedom. This leads us, in turn, to Ignatian indifference and makes us available for “what is best” or as we say in Spanish “lo que más conviene”.
