by Colten Biro | Mar 5, 2019 | Lent, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Each year Catholics face a bit of a question: What am I supposed to do for Lent? Do you give up chocolate? Do you give up sodas? Do you give up alcohol? Do you pray a little more? Do you go to daily mass? … There is a sense in which these are all good things, but...
by Edward Chow, SJ | Mar 4, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, Justice, Sex Abuse Crisis ~ Approx. 2 mins
Last week, an Australian judge finally allowed the media to report that back in December, a jury had found Cardinal George Pell, the former archbishop of Sydney and until recently the head of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, guilty of historical sex abuse....
by Social Media Team | Mar 3, 2019 | One-Minute Homily ~ Approx. 1 min
We are all like clay, but who or what is forming us? Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, reminds us to pay attention to what shapes us in this week’s One-Minute Homily. Based on the readings for Sunday, March 3, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/2GVbYsI
by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Mar 1, 2019 | Film, In the News, Papal News, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
What a difference three years can make! In 2016, a widespread boycott of the Oscars drew attention to the lack of minority representation in the nominees and winners. The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, which was started in 2015 by BroadwayBlack.com managing editor April...
by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ | Feb 26, 2019 | In the News, Race ~ Approx. 4 mins
Since 1976, the United States has celebrated the month of February as “Black History Month.” The origins of the celebration date back to “Negro History Week” started by historian Carter G. Woodson in the second week of February 1926. The...
by Taylor Fulkerson, SJ | Feb 25, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, In the News, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 4 mins
While all eyes have been on the sex abuse summit in the Vatican, other stories have been playing out, as well. Amidst turmoil in Venezuela, all sides have called for Pope Francis to mediate, even as the country’s embattled former president has rejected U.S....
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Feb 24, 2019 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Turn the other cheek? It can seem reckless, but we do not do it alone. Plus, it’s effective, says Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ in this week’s One-Minute Homily based on the Sunday readings that can be found here.
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Feb 22, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, Immigration ~ Approx. 5 mins
Mireille Twayigira was three years old when her father was killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, forcing her family to flee the country. By the time she reached a refugee camp in Malawi, her sister, mother, and grandmother had died from disease or exhaustion. She...
by Colten Biro | Feb 21, 2019 | Pop Culture, Spirituality, TV ~ Approx. 3 mins
In the Beatitudes, Jesus says, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth…” If he had been watching Netflix’s recent release of The Umbrella Academy, he might have said, “Blessed are the beaten, broken, and the blundering… for they shall have to save the...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Feb 19, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 1 min
Today the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, released the “Universal Apostolic Preferences” of the Society. The four preferences are meant to guide and inspire Jesuits in their mission and works over the next ten years: “to hear the...
