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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"Fall includes the possibility of new beginnings, the chance to start over. But this season has often been associated with melancholia. The endless opportunities of summer are gone and winter is on the horizon."...
"There is absolutely nothing unusual or unhealthy about internal movement and stirrings, even if it is sometimes akin to a battle."...
"Yom Kippur atones for those who repent and does not atone for those who do not repent. Repentance in Judaism is carried out through the process of Teshuva (regretting having committed the sin, resolving not to commit that sin in the future, and confessing that sin before God)."...
"’ve read numerous pieces in recent years, written by women and men who are asking the question, can I remain in the church, in spite of all that has been exposed?"...
" . . . we have seen that the real enemy is not a Muslim jihadist with a paper-cutter, on an aircraft, but the world that we have crafted ourselves."...
"She is an historical woman who is the subject of countless writings, pieces of art (both beautiful and tacky), music, and the inspiration for many religious communities of woman and men. She appeals as much to the impoverished as to the mighty." ...
"The challenge is to discern God in the movement. I find that this liquidity is not just in my interior. It is a defining characteristic of contemporary culture."...
"This summer of 2021 has had its share of ups and downs., consolations and desolations, pains and hopes."...
“This people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me …” Is there harmony between what I say and what I do?...
We look at just several of the women and men who are celebrated in the summer months....
