St. Ignatius was beatified in 1609 by Pope Paul V and canonized in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. Suscipe (Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola) Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my ...

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.

Prayer for Finding God in All Things: The Daily Examen of St. Ignatius Loyola. The Daily Examen of St. Ignatius, derived from The Spiritual Exercises, is a 10 to 20 minute prayer that should be ...

Mary Frances Obradovich, 80, a lifelong member of St. Ignatius parish, remembers attending the Novena of Grace with her mother in the 1930s. "I've probably missed five or six of them," she says.

Happy Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola James Martin, S.J. July 30, 2009 Tomorrow, July 31 (or today depending on when you're reading this) is the Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society ...

St. Ignatius Loyola looms large in the life of every Jesuit. For most of us, he is daunting, awesome, even a bit frightening. He was a strict taskmaster who wept consoling tears every day over the ...

So says the first line of a prayer that Ignatius of Loyola recommends to those who take up his Spiritual Exercises, one of the most influential devotional books in the church's history—it's ...

On July 31, 1859, Bishop Baraga returned to the area and dedicated the church to St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, whose feast is celebrated on that day.