Ignatius of Loyola

beautiful art above the alter. There I saw several saints adoring our Lord. As I gazed at the artwork, my uncle told me that one of the saints was St. Ignatius of Loyola. My uncle told me about how he was a warrior that was wounded by a cannonball, and after miraculous conversion he became the founder of the Jesuit order. In my mind, I thought Ignatius was a “bad ass saint”. I was quite fond of hearing stories about supernaturally peaceful saints like St. Francis of Assisi, but a saint that…

ago, St. Ignatius of Loyola was wounded in battle, which led him to be bed ridden for months as he recovered. During that time, he began reading books about the life of Christ and the deeds of saints. As he retreated into his own imagination, he began to see himself in a new light. He wrestled with feelings of desolation and consolation, and was able to associate these feelings with events in his life. This is how Ignatius first began learning the process of discernment. As Ignatius deepened…

Ignatius Loyola: Saint Ignatius Loyola was a priest and theologist from Spain. He was born on October 23rd 1491 and died on July 31st 1556. He is most famous for being the founder of the society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. During the 16th century people in Europe were starting to break away from away from the Roman Catholic church and the time of reformation started to take place. During this time, Saint Ignatius and his group of Jesuits participated in the Counter Reformation which…

and set the world on fire.” —St. Ignatius of Loyola It is after St. Ignatius that the Jesuit, liberal arts, social-justice focused private institution of education, Loyola University Chicago, was named. As an undergraduate at Loyola, St. Ignatius’ quote about “setting the world on fire” echoed in mind. The quote was always a reminder that with the right education and training, an individual could make a great impact on the world. In my choice to attend Loyola as an undergraduate, I was…

The active, written, discursive pursuit of the incomprehensible established in Rahner’s writing acts as a form of spirituality. In this way, self-reflexivity grounded in tradition develops as spiritual theology. Evident in Ronald Modras’ Ignatian Humanism: A Dynamic Spirituality for the 21st Century, Patrick Byrne’s “The Passionateness of Being: The Legacy of Bernard Lonergan”, and Bernard Lonergan’s “Method in Theology” and “Healing and Creating in History”, I will focus on how…

St. Ignatius believes that we can find God in all things, at every moment, even in the most ordinary times. In the First Week of the Exercise there is a section on General Examen (SE p.25-31). The examen leads us into a relationship with a God who desires to be personally caught up in the lives of those whom he created. It is a prayer that focused on God’s presence with us in the real wold. It allows us to reflect what God is saying to us through our daily activities in participating in…

Loyola University Chicago is a Jesuit institution that promotes caring for others, caring for one’s self, and caring for the community. It is one of Loyola’s foundational aspect of caring for the community that has made the requirement of engaged learning a part of the curriculum. Since the Fall of 2012, Loyola has required its students to go out into the world and obtain hands-on experience in different sorts of fields. One may accomplish this through an internship course, or a class combined…

Spirit at work with their depth of discipleship. Similar to the martyrdom of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Perpetua, and Felicity, Saint Polycarp exemplified themes of Liturgy, veneration of the martyrs, and imitation of Christ. However, the narrative of Polycarp’s martyrdom…

Clifton Zhuo Dr. Greenberg World Religions 19 November, 2015 Experience in Catholicism On the nineteenth of November, I took part of the mass that was held in Loyola Marymount University. I have been in the Sacred Heart Chapel before. However, this would be my first time going into the St. Mary’s Chapel. When I decided to attend the mass at St. Mary’s Chapel, the first thing that came to my mind were the old memories of my childhood. I attended a catholic elementary school during my childhood…

Statement of Intent Dennis Hisamoto, Applicant for the School Psychology Program In third grade, my teacher suggested I be considered for special education. Fifteen years later, with the financial support from my scholarship, I became the first in my family to obtain a college degree. Some would call this phenomenon sweet irony. I, however, call it a rush to judgment due to a failure to acknowledge that issues outside of school could adversely bleed into the classroom. While at the time I was…