We compiled a list of the prayers, events, and other resources that are helping us deepen our prayer and grow closer to God during this season of preparation. Some of these resources are our own, and others are offered by our partners across the Ignatian community.

Writer and spiritual director Elaine Ireland offers short reflections on the daily readings during Advent.

In this video for the Ignatian year, Jesuit Father General Arturo Sosa invites us to see the world as Jesus sees it, avoiding the temptations of ideologies and focusing on living in solidarity with others.

Jesuit Father General Arturo Sosa publishes a video each month during the Ignatian Year as a companion to his book Walking with Ignatius. You are invited to walk the journey of the Ignatian year with him.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church, a Jesuit parish in Washington, DC, has written an “Examen for Transition from the Pandemic Year.” This Examen is available both as written text and as a guided audio prayer on Holy Trinity’s website.

In this article, Dr. Stephanie Russell explains what the Spiritual Exercises are, how St. Ignatius first developed them, the stages of the retreat, the common formats of the retreat, and who makes the retreat.

The Office of Ignatian Spirituality’s maintains a Catalog of Spiritual Directors. Submit a brief form, and we will connect you with a trained Ignatian spiritual director in your area.

Ignatian retreats come in all shapes and sizes. Find a retreat that works for you and fits your schedule.

The Examen is a prayer of reflection, typically prayed daily. Many versions of the Examen exist, because there are no prescribed words to pray — only a series of steps. Here are the steps, along with some other takes on the prayer.

Loving God, we come before you asking for Your special grace as we go through the year dedicated to the memory of the conversion of Saint Ignatius.

A new book written for the Ignatian Year, titled, Walking with Ignatius, was published by in English by Loyola Press. The book is available several other languages, including Spanish.

The USA East Jesuit Province has collected resources and events celebrating the Ignatian Year (2021-2022).

To celebrate the Ignatian year, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States is launching a global Ignatian storytelling initiative entitled In the Pilgrim’s Company, a project that will take a fresh, innovative look at St. Ignatius’ autobiography. And they are inviting storytellers the world over to contribute their ideas.

The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has put together a reflection to prepare for the Ignatian Year (2021-2022), which begins on May 20, 2021, the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius Loyola being struck in the leg by a cannonball at Pamplona.

Easter, a time that calls us to rise as a new creation is so very welcomed and needed this year. We know our old sorrows have not fallen away; we may not yet have confident hearts or undoubting minds, but there are glimmers of light and signs of hope.

Let us spend this week with Jesus, uniting our pain and suffering with his, and leaning into his great promise of resurrection and new life.

We invite you to join us in praying the Novena of Grace of Saint Francis Xavier from March 4-12.

The new year is an opportunity to put fresh heart and mind into rebuilding better from Covid-19, even as the pandemic remains unabated. Looking back at the past year through the eyes of faith, it might be said that this pandemic year was a graced time for us in the Ignatian family to live our spirituality more fully, and to even discover surprising new horizons of its potential. What are some lessons we can learn from our experiences of responding to the pandemic…?

Ignatian resources from OIS and our partners across the Ignatian community designed to accompany you on your spiritual journey through Lent.

These two Christmas prayers come from the USA East Jesuit Province. Also, check out this video reflection by Fr. Jason Downer, SJ.