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Throughout most of the world, the Society of Jesus is best known for their schools and universities. Although those are wonderful things, in a time when many are searching for the greater meaning of life, the spiritual aspect of Jesuit life can help find this greater meaning. This is the concept introduced nearly 500 years ago by St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits.
Saint Ignatius was a Spanish soldier who discovered his calling and turned to God after suffering nearly fatal wounds in battle. He founded the Society of Jesus in 1540, telling the early Jesuits to go out and find God in all things. This is the main concept of Jesuit Spirituality.
Ignatian spirituality is rooted in the absolute knowledge that God plays an active part in our world. The spiritual path laid out by Ignatius is a way of discerning God's presence in our everyday lives and doing something about it. …show more content…

It's a spiritual self-review that involves remembering moments during the day and reflecting on how God was present during those times, it is followed by a decision to act in an appropriate way. The Examen focuses your mind on periods of and the feelings you felt, at those specific moments. Ignatian spirituality is not a self-absorbed mission. Its goal is to bring people closer to God and the world — with gratitude, passion, and humility — not away from it. Ignatius taught the Jesuits to be "contemplatives in action." Today, Jesuits and their lay colleagues work with people in many different callings, such as education and business. They help create "men and women for

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