by Peter Berger, SJ | Jun 8, 2017 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Is devotion to the Virgin Mary an unsafe path? If your answer to that question is yes, don’t worry: so is mine. I know this from experience. It all started when I was 21 years old and doing a year of full-time retreat youth ministry. It was a year that changed...
by Colten Biro | Jun 7, 2017 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
The slow, gentle back and forth creaking of the rocking chair is the only thing to break the silence. While the air is hot, humid, thick and unmoving, I cannot help but feel at home. The chair and I sit on a second-floor balcony of the retreat house. There, the giant...
by David Inczauskis, SJ | Jun 6, 2017 | In the News, Music, Pop Culture, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
On Sunday 50,000 people left the security of their homes to gather in Manchester, United Kingdom. They mourned the deaths of their recently massacred friends, weeping and singing in the streets of the very city where the horror had taken place days before. There were...
by Lucas Sharma, SJ | Jun 5, 2017 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
James’s life has been difficult, to say the least. In and out of foster care, he entered the prison system at a young age. Now in his forties, he has kidney failure and lives at the hospital nursing home – a subpar facility that somehow makes prison seem...
by Eric Immel, SJ | May 31, 2017 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
There’s a Spotify playlist out there called ‘Have a Great Day!’ There are plenty of Spotify lists that miss the mark – ‘Weird Music,’ ‘Horror Movie Themes,’ and ‘Ambient Lounge’ don’t really do it for me. But when I walk into the office and get ‘Have a Great...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | May 30, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 5 mins
In a recent column I wrote about the difficulties of being a religious voter on the American Left. As many readers reminded me, however, the GOP has also not always lived up to its promises to such voters. That does not excuse the Democratic party, to be sure. But...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | May 29, 2017 | Catholic Writing, Spirituality ~ Approx. 7 mins
In less than a week, I will be ordained a Catholic priest. For the love of God, a priest. You may be wondering what sort of superhuman strength priests possess that other mortals do not. I’d like to know the same. For the life of me, I have not yet found it –...
by Andrew Hanson | May 24, 2017 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Just barely over a year into my Jesuit life, I began my “cannonball experiment.” St. Ignatius Loyola’s conversion took place over long months of recovery after a cannonball shattered his leg. Unlike St. Ignatius, my shattered leg was the result of a full-speed...
by Dan Dixon, SJ | May 23, 2017 | Education, In the News ~ Approx. 5 mins
You’ve probably never heard of C.J. Pine. This is a shame, because he is a remarkable young man. Raised in Tianjin, China, Pine has an impressive resume. He’s taught English in a Palestinian refugee camp. He spent most of his college years researching and advocating...
by Brian Strassburger, SJ | May 22, 2017 | Science & Technology ~ Approx. 9 mins
Are you ready to give up the wheel? Self-driving cars are coming. In fact, they are already here. A self-driving truck transported beer in Colorado. In California, they are logging literally thousands of miles. Car manufactures and major tech companies like Google,...
