Jesuit Examen of Conscience

The Secrets of Jesuit Leadership

Jesuit Examen of Conscience

Examination of conscience

Examen of Conscience blog post

Of the Examen of Conscience by Alphonsus Rodriguez

http://myhabits.net/examen

http://norprov.org/spirituality/ignatianprayer.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus

The test of conscience is mentioned in Flow. It's sort of like something I started doing on my own not too long ago in order to keep myself focused on my goals and make daily progress towards realizing them. So I was intrigued when I read that the Jesuits had a similar ritual. The "Jesuit Examen of Conscience" is well developed and quite poetic and I plan to incorporate some of the ideas into my own practice.

I don't know much about the Jesuits, but I've often heard them mentioned and well respected especially as educators. For example, the great Vince Lombardi was Jesuit educated. I remember watching the McLaughlin Group one time and Eleanor Clift payed Patrick Buchanan a complement and referred to his Jesuit education.