The retreats are based upon the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and follow the same schedule and format of the ...

"The sweat, the foot pain, the blisters, the hunger, they help you understand little by little that ultimately it doesn't all ...

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.

A 17th-century statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola by Spanish sculptor Juan Martínez Montañés. (photo: Jl FilpoC via Wikimedia / (CC BY-SA 4.0).) Peter Pinedo/CNA News July 31, 2023 ...

Throughout a significant portion of the year, individuals embark on pilgrimages to Spain, retracing the path of St. Ignatius covering 325 miles from Loyola to Montserrat and Manresa, while the Camino ...

Sculpture of St. Ignatius of Loyola inside of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. | Credit: Vasilii L/Shutterstock By Jessica Pipes National Catholic Register, Jul 31, 2024 / 04:00 am ...

Josep Lluís Iriberri is a Jesuit priest who designed a pilgrim path for St. Ignatius in northern Spain more than a decade ago ...

The soldier Ignatius was the youngest of 13 children, born in a castle in 1491. Though we know him as Ignatius, his true Basque name was Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola.