by Jim Kennedy, SJ | Aug 1, 2017 | Faith & Politics, Film ~ Approx. 4 mins
In Dunkirk, director Christopher Nolan tells the story of the 1940 British evacuation from France at the outset of World War II. The film, which cleverly plays with converging timelines, focuses on a soldier on the beach (played by Fionn Whitehead), the harried naval...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Jul 31, 2017 | Faith & Politics, Interview, Sexuality, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
Part II in a two-part series. Part I available here. TJP: In your book Building a Bridge and in many subsequent comments, you note that LGBT Catholics are often singled out in ways that other groups are not, noting, for instance, that people who do not always and...
by Colten Biro | Jul 30, 2017 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Ignatius lived over five hundred years ago in a time before computers, before cars, before the steam engine, before the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. The printing press had been invented, but literacy was practically nonexistent. It was a time of nobles,...
by Sean Barry, SJ | Jul 28, 2017 | In the News, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 3 mins
This Christmas, the Doctor will regenerate like never before. Yes, you saw that correctly. After 36 series, numerous specials, and a TV movie, Jodie Whittaker will be the first woman to play the lead role in the long-running British sci-fi series, and responses have...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Jul 27, 2017 | Creation, Faith & Politics, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
I grew up around national parks and forests. My family didn’t have the money to take four kids to amusement parks, and so we instead learned the joy of camping and hiking. For the last decade or so, I have developed an incredible love of outdoor spaces not just for...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Jul 26, 2017 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Zombie-walking into my brother’s apartment after a late-night flight, I barely noticed the cookbook on the counter surrounded by root vegetables and greens. I dropped my bags on the guestroom floor and would soon drop myself beside them for a long night’s sleep, but...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jul 25, 2017 | Letters for the Weary ~ Approx. 16 mins
First a city-wide curfew… now this, I groaned. I swear I’m in a warzone or something. And all I hear are those damn choppers. With news and police helicopters whirring above me I was driving my usual route to Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore under most...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Jul 24, 2017 | Faith & Politics, Interview, Sexuality, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
This interview is Part I of a two-part series. Check here for the second half! ***** TJP: Your book Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity, has garnered a great deal of...
by Brent Otto, SJ | Jul 22, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 3 mins
Being a news junkie today is to be hit daily by an avalanche of bad news, a lot of it sensationalistic. News of mass shootings, deportations of the parents of young children, and the rise in hateful speech – so casually spewed – often overwhelm me. That is...
by Alfonso Pizano | Jul 21, 2017 | In the News, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 6 mins
“Ye come seekin’ adventure and salty old pirates, eh? Sure, you come to the proper place. But keep a weather eye open, mates, and hold on tight—with both hands, if you please. There be squalls ahead! And Davy Jones waiting for them what don’t obey. And mark well me...
