Where is John O Brennan? (JOB). Last seen on TV April 22.
Brennan attended Fordham University, graduating with a B.A. in political science in 1977.
Ignatius was more aware than any other Catholic leader who preceded him that the best way to control a man was to become master of his mind. “We imbue him to spiritual forces which he would find very difficult to eliminate later.” “…forces more lasting than all the best principles and doctrines; these forces can come up again to the surface sometimes after years of not even mentioning them, and become so imperative that the will finds itself unable to oppose any obstacle, and has to follow their irresistible impulse.”
Vatican Assassins: Wounded in the House of My Friends, by Eric Jon Phelps, © 2001
The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola (Latin original: Exercitia spiritualia), composed 1522–1524, are a set of Christian meditations, contemplations, and prayers written by Ignatius of Loyola, a 16th-century Spanish priest, theologian, and founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Divided into four thematic "weeks" of variable length, they are designed to be carried out over a period of 28 to 30 days.[1] They were composed with the intention of helping participants in religious retreats to discern the will of God in their lives, leading to a personal commitment to follow Jesus whatever the cost.
The main idea of this form of spirituality comes from Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises, the aim of which is to help one "conquer oneself and to regulate one's life in such a way that no decision is made under the influence of any inordinate attachment." The Exercises are intended to give the person undertaking them a greater degree of freedom from his or her own likes and dislikes, so that their choices are based solely on what they discern God's will is for them.
Discernment: One Aspect of Ignatian spirituality
Discernment is rooted in the understanding that God is ever at work in one's life, "inviting, directing, guiding, and drawing" one "into the fullness of life." Its central action is reflection on the ordinary events of one's life. It presupposes an ability to reflect, a habit of personal prayer, self-knowledge, knowledge of one's deepest desires, and openness to God's direction and guidance. Discernment is a prayerful "pondering" or "mulling over" the choices a person wishes to consider. In discernment, the person's focus should be on a quiet attentiveness to God and sensing rather than thinking. The goal is to understand the choices in one's heart, to see them, as it were, as God might see them. In one sense, there is no limit to how long one might wish to continue in this. Discernment is a repetitive process, yet as the person continues some choices should, of their own accord, fall by the wayside while others should gain clarity and focus. It is a process that should move inexorably toward a decision.
Detachment:
Where Francis of Assisi's concept of poverty emphasized the spiritual benefits of simplicity and dependency, Ignatius emphasized detachment, or "indifference." This figures prominently into what Ignatius called the "First Principle and Foundation" of the Exercises. For Ignatius, whether one was rich or poor, healthy or sick, in an assignment one enjoyed or one didn't, was comfortable in a culture or not, etc., should be a matter of spiritual indifference—a modern phrasing might put it as serene acceptance. Hence, a Jesuit (or one following Ignatian spirituality) placed in a comfortable, wealthy neighborhood should continue to live the Gospel life without anxiety or possessiveness, and if plucked from that situation to be placed in a poor area and subjected to hardships should with a sense of spiritual joy accept that as well, looking only to do God's will.
Famous people who attended Jesuit schools
Joseph Goebbels (Head of Nazi Propaganda Ministry) — Trained at a Jesuit College
Joseph Stalin (Communist Dictator) — Trained by Jesuit monks at Tiflis Seminary
Fidel Castro (Communist Dictator) — Trained by Jesuits at Colegio Belen
Bill Clinton (Former US President) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
George Tenet (Former CIA director) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
William Casey (Former CIA director) — Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University
Juan Carlos I (King of Spain) — Trained by Jesuits at the Instituto de San Isidro
Timothy Leary (Leading Proponent of LSD) — Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College
Denzel Washington (Famous Actor) — Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University
Patrick Buchanan (Conservative politician) — Trained by Jesuits at Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University
John Kerry (US Senator) — Trained by Jesuits at Boston College
Robert Gates (Secretary of Defense) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Robert Baer (Former CIA case officer) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
King Abdullah II (King of Jordan) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Jose Barroso (President of the European Commission) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Alexander Haig (White House Chief of Staff, Iran-Contra General) — Trained by Jesuits at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School and Georgetown University
John Gannon (Former Head of the Homeland Security Department’s Intelligence Unit) — Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College
Vernon Walters (Former Deputy Director of the CIA) – Trained by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College
Prescott Bush (Former Co-Director of Union Banking Corporation, Dubya’s grandfather) — Trained by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College
William J. McDonough (Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) — Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College
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James E. Burke (Former CEO of Johnson & Johnson) — Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College
Tom Clancy (Writer) — Trained by Jesuits at Loyola College
Arthur Conan Doyle (Writer) — Trained by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College
E. Gerald Corrigan (Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) — Trained by Jesuits at Fairfield University and Fordham University
William Daley (Former US Secretary of Commerce) — Trained by Jesuits at Loyola University
Rene Descrates (Influential French Philosopher) — Trained by Jesuits at the College Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Fleche
Michel Foucault (Influential French Philosopher) — Trained by Jesuits at the College Saint Stanislas
David Hume (Influential Scottish Philosopher) — Trained by Jesuits College La Fleche
Ruud Lubbers (Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands) — Trained by Jesuits at Canisius College
Peter Lynch (Wall Street Stock Investor) — Trained by Jesuits at Boston College
Antoin Scalia (Supreme Court Justice) — Trained by Jesuits at Xavier High School and Georgetown University
Bill Murray (Famous Actor) — Trained by Jesuits at Loyola Academy
Alfred Hitchcock (Influential Filmmaker) — Trained by Jesuits at St Ignatius’ College
Paul Getty (Wealthy Philanthropist) — Trained by Jesuits at Saint Ignatius High and the University of San Fransisco
Vincente Fox (Former President of Mexico) — Trained by Jesuits at the Universidad Iberoamericana
Joseph E. Schmitz (Former DOD Inspector General, Former Blackwater Executive) — Trained by Jesuits at the Georgetown Preparatory School and Georgetown University
John G. Schmitz (Conservative Politician) — Trained by Jesuits at Marquette University High School and Marquette University
Charles de Gaulle (General of Free French Forces during World War II, First President of the French Fifth Republic) — Trained by Jesuits at College Stanislas
Peter Pace (Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
David Petraeus (Commander of US Central Command, Former Top Commander in Iraq) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
James Jones (National Security Adviser, Former Supreme Allied Commander of Europe) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
George Casey, Jr. (Chief of Staff for the US Army, Former Top US Commander in Iraq) — Trained by Jesuits at Boston College High School and Georgetown University
Mike Stenson (President of Jerry Bruckheimer Film) — Trained by Jesuits at Boston College High School
John V. Murphy (President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.) — Trained by Jesuits at Boston College
Michael Sullivan (Director of the ATF) — Trained by Jesuits at Boston College
John J. Ring (Former President of the American Medical Association) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Mark Dybul (Global AIDS Coordinator) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Andrew von Eschenbach (Former FDA Director) — Trained by Jesuits at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School and Georgetown University
Joseph F. Kilkenny (Commander of Navy Recruiting Command) – Trained by Jesuits at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
Michael Powell (Former Chairman of the FCC, Colin Powell’s Son) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
David P. Burnham (Former Chairman/CEO of Raytheon) — Trained by Jesuits at Xavier University
Tim Russert (Former Host of NBC’s “Meet The Press”) — Trained by Jesuits at John Carroll University
Francois-Mari Arouet (Influential French Philosopher) — Trained by Jesuits at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand
Peter O’Toole (Famous Actor) — Trained by Jesuits at St Anne’s Catholic School
Pierre Trudeau (Former Canadian Prime Minister) — Trained by Jesuits at Jean-de-Brebeuf
Mark Thompson (Director-General of BBC) — Trained by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College
William Joyce (Wartime Nazi Propaganda Broadcaster) — Trained by Jesuits at St. Ignatius College
John M. Loh (Former Chief of Staff for the US Air Force, Former Vice Chief of Staff for the US Air Force) – Trained by Jesuits at Gonzaga College High School
James E. Rohr (Chairman and CEO of The PNC Financial Services Group) — Trained by Jesuits at St. Ignatius High School
Francis Rooney (Former US Ambassador to the Vatican) — Trained by the Jesuits at Georgetown University Preparatory School and Georgetown University
Francis X. Coleman (Partner at Goldman Sachs) — Trained by the Jesuits at Fordham Preparatory School
Mario Gabelli (CEO of FCB Worldwide) — Trained by the Jesuits at Fordham University
John Keane (Former Vice Chief of Staff for the US Army) — Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University
Francis Spellman (Former Archbishop of New York) — Trained by Jesuits at Fordham College
Ray McGovern (Former CIA agent, Former adviser to Henry Kissinger, “Whistleblower”) — Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University and Georgetown University
Edward Bennett Williams (Washington superlawyer whose firm defended many high-profile clients involved in suspicious cases such as Iran-Contra and the Reagan Shooting) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University and Holy Cross College
Gordon Liddy (Chief Operative for the Watergate “Plumbers”) — Trained by Jesuits at Fordham University
Benjamin Fulford (“Illuminati whistleblower”) — Trained by Jesuits at Sophia University
John F. McManus (President of the John Birch Society) — Trained by Jesuits at Holy Cross College
Joe McCarthy (Communist Witchhunter) — Trained by Jesuits at Marquette University
George Noory (Host of Coast to Coast AM) — Trained by Jesuits at the University of Detroit Mercy
David Addington (Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff) — Trained by Jesuits at Georgetown University
Janet Napolitano (Head of the Homeland Security Department) — Trained by Jesuits at Santa Clara University
Leon Panetta (Head of the CIA) — Trained by Jesuits at Santa Clara University
Adam Weishaupt (Founder of the Bavarian Illuminati) — Trained by Jesuits at Ingolstadt University
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