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Examination of Conscience Pasquier The Way

Examination of Conscience and Revision de Vie. An article by Jaques Pasquier in The Way.

Prayers for Schools
Jesuit Schools
The Examen
Ignatius of Loyola
Key Texts and Further Reading

Examen 1620 Hand

Hand Examen from a 1620 Antwerp edition of the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius. In the palm of the hand are the words from Psalm 118:109, "Anima mea in manibus mei semper" ("My spirit is always in my hands"). The five fingers represent the five steps of the examen. Also available as a Word document.

Prayers for Schools
Jesuit Schools
The Examen
Ignatius of Loyola

Footsteps poem

This well-known anonymous story could be used to introduce the examen - showing how God accompanies us each step of our lives but we often are not attentive to his presence and so assume his absence.

Prayers for Schools
Jesuit Schools
The Examen
Ignatius of Loyola

Examen 2 Pointing Finger

Image of pointing finger used in the Examen leaflet.

Prayers for Schools
Jesuit Schools
The Examen
Ignatius of Loyola

SJB Examen

A resource shared by St John's Beaumont which the school used in helping pupils pray the Examen.

Prayers for Schools
Jesuit Schools
The Examen
Ignatius of Loyola

Spiritual Exercises Week 1

This painting by Catalan artists Gemma Guasch and Josep Asuncion hangs in the entrance to the spirituality centre at Manresa where, in the cave above which it is built, St Ignatius prayed and wrote the beginnings of the Spiritual Exercises in 1522.

Prayers for Schools
Jesuit Schools
The Examen
Ignatius of Loyola

Richard Griffiths Catholic Literature

Papers from a Schools Conference. Faith and Doubt as Components of Catholic Literature by Richard Griffiths. A talk given at the Conference on Catholic Culture in Schools organised by the Jesuit Institute and Stonyhurst College, 11th – 13th June 2012

Jesuit Education
Catholic Education
Key Texts and Further Reading

Examen and JPP

An image explaining the connections between the Examen and the Jesuit Pupil Profile, widely used in Jesuit Schools in the British Province.

Prayers for Schools
Jesuit Schools
The Examen
Ignatius of Loyola
The Jesuit Pupil Profile

RECD_singlepage

The Religious Education Curriculum Directory for Catholic Schools and Colleges in England and Wales (RECD)

Catholic Education
Key Texts and Further Reading
Religious Education

Examen Handbook

The Examen Handbook: A Guide for Leading Others through the Prayer of the Examen. A guide for leading others through the prayer of the examen by Ross Jones SJ (2017). Reproduced here with permission.

Prayers for Schools
Jesuit Schools
The Examen
Ignatius of Loyola
Religious Education
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