by Colten Biro | Oct 13, 2017 | Film, Pop Culture, Science & Technology ~ Approx. 3 mins
Blade Runner 2049 begins like the original: a silent black screen, upon which the stage is set via text. In both movies, the text’s quiet appearance tells a brief, nearly identical backstory: Humanity’s expansion to other worlds built upon the slave labor of...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Oct 12, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 4 mins
Over the last two years, I’ve taught a high school class called “Christian Discipleship.” The course description states: “This course is intended to help student reflect on the meaning and implications of justice in their faith lives.” Accordingly, we spend a great...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Oct 11, 2017 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Autumn in South Dakota is beautiful because it is precarious: summer is beastly hot and winter is brutally cold. Just between is a thin ledge that we and this year’s weather walk. I heard that three years ago, summer ended with a blizzard that killed whole herds of...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Oct 10, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 2min
Two different stories this past week told the same narrative: men abusing their power to use women. The first: Harvey Weinstein, a famous Hollywood mogul brought down by accusations of decades of sexual harassment. The second: Tim Murphy, a Republican pro-life...
by Pierce Gibson, SJ | Oct 9, 2017 | Faith & Politics, Justice ~ Approx. 3 mins
A few nights ago, a young man was arrested in Chicago for defacing a statue. No, it wasn’t the statue of a Confederate general, or some 19th century Imperialist; it was an Italian sailor. So, it must be Columbus Day, or depending on your state of residence, Indigenous...
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by Eric Immel, SJ | Oct 8, 2017 | One-Minute Homily, Spirituality, Videos ~ Approx. 1 min
Why work for and with God? This week’s (extremely) brief One-Minute Reflection explores the many ways we are called to collaborate in cultivating the Kingdom of God. Based on the Sunday Mass Readings for October 8, 2017.
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Oct 6, 2017 | Blogs, Sexuality, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
The life of a theatre major. Late nights. Long rehearsals. One evening, I hung around the theatre to walk the stage and run through lines, review my character, read my notes – the practices of a student actor. Eventually, I headed back to my dorm room. As I...
by Uli Covarrubias, SJ | Oct 5, 2017 | Faith & Politics, Justice ~ Approx. 4 mins
I met my maternal grandfather for the first time when I was 10 years old. He was recently widowed and had come from Mexico to spend some time with my family. I wasn’t sure what to make of this quiet old man at first, and I think my father must have sensed this when he...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Oct 3, 2017 | Catholic Writing, Faith & Family, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
The house I grew up in is full of broken things. Our appliances live on a cycle of breaking one after the other, the basement is usually damp, and the furniture has holes in it. Our cars almost always have a cracked bumper, the furnace breaks not infrequently during...
by Henoch Derbew | Oct 2, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 4 mins
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it...
