Farrell, Thomas2022-01-022022-01-022022-01This version was not previously published.https://hdl.handle.net/11299/225838See the above abstract.In my 8,000-word meditative review essay "Joseph F. Conwell's 1997 Book Impelling Spirit, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight the late American Jesuit spiritual director and church historian Joseph F. Conwell's 600-page 1997 book titled Impelling Spirit: Revisiting a Founding Experience [in] 1539 [of] Ignatius of Loyola and His Companions: An Exploration into the Spirit and Aims of the Society of Jesus as Revealed in the Founders' Proposed Papal Letter Approving the Society (Chicago: Jesuit Way/ Loyola Press). I also discuss the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. In addition, I highlight the mature thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).enJoseph F. Conwell, Walter J. Ong, St. Ignatius Loyola, the Spiritual Exercises, the Society of Jesus, Pope FrancisScholarly Text or Essay