It’s been over ten years since the award-winning actor Andrew Garfield trained as a Jesuit priest with Fr. James Martin, S.J. Well, more accurately, since he trained to play a Jesuit priest in Martin Scorsese's film Silence. And the fruits of those Ignatian practices of prayer and contemplation have continued to bear out in his life. Garfield joins his long-time spiritual director, Fr. Martin on this episode of “The Spiritual Life” to reflect on:

-The importance of empathy in Garfield’s own spirituality of acting
-The ways God calls us to defend human dignity and fight for justice as portrayed in Garfield’s new movie, ‘The Uprising’
-What lessons from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius have remained close to Garfield’s heart
-God speaking through our dreams

Chapters:
0:00 Andrew Garfield
5:20 The spiritual themes of ‘The Uprising’
10:10 Is there a spirituality of acting?
14:30 His mother’s ability to attune to small miracles
18:30 The mystery of faith in ‘Silence’
21:30 Encountering Jesus in the Spiritual Exercises
28:10 How Andrew Garfield reflects on his day with the Jesuit examen
38:05 Does God and our loved ones speak through dreams?
42:20 Audience Question: How do I transform my pain to stop transmitting it to others?

Read our article for this episode, "How Andrew Garfield practices Jesuit spirituality":
https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/09/14/andrew-garfield-father-james-martin-spiritual-life/

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