Peter Costello
Walking with Ignatius
by Arturo Sosa SJ, in conversation with Dario Menor, prologue by Sr Jolanta Kafka RMI (Messenger Publications, €19.95/£19.95)
In conversation with a respected journalist, the Superior General of the Jesuits provides some reflections that will provide, so to speak, a theme for the ‘Ignatius 500 Year’ we are facing into. The key idea is that in his own life St Ignatius provides an instance of conversion, of a change of thinking and living that is transformative. The idea of conversion should awake all people, perhaps even not Catholics, to seek to find a way in which they can reorient their lives and move forward to something not only more fruitful, but more engaging with others. This should not be thought of as a book for the eyes of ‘ours only’ – as the old Jesuit version of ‘most secret’ ran. The way of Ignatius is not intended to be a secret, but an open message in clear. In the coming year we will hear much more of this.