by Ken Homan, SJ | Feb 21, 2018 | Faith & Politics, Justice ~ Approx. 5 mins
The Trump budget reflects American values, but betrays the American people. The US budget is incredibly complex, full of mandatory and discretionary funding for dozens of agencies. The budget also tries to respond to the needs of hundreds of millions of people. As a...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Feb 21, 2018 | Blogs, Pop Culture, Spirituality, Sports ~ Approx. 4 mins
Before last Thursday night, I didn’t know Yuzuru Hanyu existed. Less than 24 hours later, I wanted Yuzuru Hanyu to fall to the ice. Hard. I didn’t want to see him injured, mind you. But I certainly didn’t want him to win. Everything about him annoyed me, his seemingly...
by Colten Biro | Feb 19, 2018 | Film, In the News, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
What do we do with power? Power is an inevitable theme of any superhero movie, but usually power is only realized in the hero herself/himself: Will Superman be strong enough? Will the Flash be fast enough? Will Captain America be true enough? Will Wonder Woman defeat...
by Matt Wooters, SJ | Feb 18, 2018 | One-Minute Homily, Videos ~ Approx. 1 min
Jesus doesn’t want you to go more to the gym this Lent… Maybe he’s asking for something more. Take a quick listen to Br. Matt Wooters SJ’s “One-Minute Reflection” on the readings for the First Sunday of Lent:...
by Sean Barry, SJ | Feb 16, 2018 | Film, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 3 mins
Edward and Alphonse Elric tried to bring their mother back from the dead using alchemy. It cost Edward his right arm and left leg and Alphonse his entire body. The story of Fullmetal Alchemist follows their quest to regain their original bodies as they search for...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Feb 14, 2018 | Blogs, Creation, Faith & Family, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
My friends and I found the sea lion exhibit down some stairs past a few enormous trees and between giant fake rock formations. It was a thick glass cross-section of a seashore, complete with jagged outcroppings and deep diving waters. The air smelled like salt, and I...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Feb 14, 2018 | Lent, One-Minute Homily, Videos ~ Approx. 1 min
Why do people flock to church on Ash Wednesday? Check out the special Ash Wednesday edition of the One-MInute Homily from Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ. Based on the readings for Wednesday, February 14.
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Feb 12, 2018 | Faith & Family, Faith & Politics, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 4 mins
The longest apostolic exhortation of the Catholic Church has tragically been reduced to a footnote. It seems nothing can be written about Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia without addressing his footnote on the reception of communion by Catholics who...
by Emanuel Werner, SJ | Feb 11, 2018 | Spirituality, Sports ~ Approx. 2 mins
For the next two weeks in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the world will celebrate an athletic tradition which began near Mount Olympus in mainland Greece in honor of Zeus in 776 BCE. Athleticism at its finest reveals the tremendous potential of the human person to exercise...
by Jim Kennedy, SJ | Feb 9, 2018 | Art, Pop Culture, TJP Reads ~ Approx. 3 mins
In such an oversaturated and overstimulated media environment, filled with abuse, neglect, anger, and fear, it would have been easy to overlook a short announcement on January 22 that the author Ursula K. Le Guin had died peacefully at the age of 88. That would have...
