On Magnanimity and the Magis: What St. Ignatius Loyola Really Said about Finding God’s Will

Fall 2025 Dahlgren Chapel Sacred Lecture Speaker: Barton T. Geger, S.J. Ignatius’s ideas about seeking and finding God’s will made the early Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) highly influential and highly controversial. They were, in fact, the linchpin for understanding his spiritual doctrine as a whole. Nevertheless, modern interpretations of Ignatian spirituality often fail to recognize what made him so distinctive. Fr. Geger addresses the historical reasons for that oversight and why an accurate understanding of Ignatius is more relevant than ever for those who seek God’s will.