Philip Shano, SJ has many years of rich and varied experience working with Ignatian spirituality: teaching, writing and using it in his ministry. He resides in the Jesuit community in Pickering, Ontario.
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Happy New Year! A day that celebrates the feast of Mary, the Mother of God and marks the World Day of Peace. It is also the first day of 2016 - a year we hope will bring some peace to our troubled world....
I don't really like coffee. Once upon a time I would pass by a coffee shop and wonder how people could sit inside for hours. Don't they have better places to go? Then I had a conversion of sorts. I was living at the time in a Jesuit community just outside Toronto, but most days I traveled by commuter trains for work commitments in the city. I found myself a nomad in the city....
Throughout our cities and towns, homes and shops and streets are filled with light. Christmas is a celebration of light - a time when those who walked in darkness now see a great light....
The Winter Solstice - the shortest day and the longest night - celebrated around the world. Could we mark this time as a Holy Darkness?...
We come to the fourth and final Sunday of Advent. Elizabeth's child leaped for joy when he recognized the presence of Christ. How do we react when we recognize Christ's presence in our lives?...
What is "Gaudete Sunday" and why is there a rose coloured candle in the Advent wreath and why might the priest be wearing a rose coloured vestment? Read on to find out....
The universal prayer intention entrusted to the worldwide Apostleship of Prayer for this final month of 2015: Experiencing God's Mercy - "That all may experience the mercy of God, who never tires of forgiving." This intention coincides with the December 8 start of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy....
There are no lack of prophets in the Old Testament. Philip Shano, SJ reminds us that there are modern day prophets who cry out for justice and who fulfil our need for hope....
Sunday marks the start of a new liturgical year - Advent. In today's posting, Philip Shano, SJ brings together Whiskey Advent calendars, Mother Teresa and Moses....
Today the Church celebrates All Saints' Day. Robert Ellsburg, a Catholic writer long associated with the Catholic Worker movement, describes saints: Each one offers a unique glimpse of the face of God; each enlarges our moral imagination; each offers new insights into the meaning and possibilities of human life." We don't all like all of the saints. But there is such a variety that it is not difficult for any of us to have a few favourites. ""...
