by Bill McCormick, SJ | Nov 14, 2016 | Faith & Politics, In the News, Interview, Justice, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 7 mins
This past weekend Bill McCormick, SJ, sat down at the Ignatian Family Teach-In with Sister Norma Pimentel, MJ, the Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Sister Norma became famous after her encounter with Pope Francis on...
by David Inczauskis, SJ | Nov 11, 2016 | Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
In a moment of candid exasperation during a 2015 speech at Yale, Stefani Germanotta—or, to her less-familiars, Lady Gaga—confessed, “I have had to make decisions like, why am I unhappy? Okay, Stefani/Gaga hybrid person, why are you unhappy? … I don’t like...
by Colten Biro | Nov 10, 2016 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
“You think I’m a crazy, middle-aged woman, don’t you!” she said as she plopped into the chair in my office. I smiled and gently shook my head, “I’m sorry…did I say or do something to give you that impression?” Jenny replied, “Well, no. Not you, I guess. But, everyone...
by Lucas Sharma, SJ | Nov 9, 2016 | Faith & Politics, In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images Well, America, we have declared our 45th President of the United States: real-estate mogul and reality television star Donald J. Trump. In the process of a bitter election, both he and Hillary Clinton managed to further polarize the American...
by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Nov 8, 2016 | Global Catholicism, In the News ~ Approx. 4 mins
Embed from Getty Images Just two days ago, another Western-hemisphere democracy took to the polls to elect a president. In case you missed it, Nicaragua re-elected Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Party (FSLN) to a third consecutive term. Today is our turn. As...
by Alex Llanera | Nov 8, 2016 | Faith & Politics, In the News ~ Approx. 3 mins
Election day is here, finally. With this being one of the most divisive presidential elections in American history, we need closure. We need to move forward with a President Clinton or a President Trump. Even with the recent FBI investigation into Clinton’s emails,...
by Brendan Gottschall, SJ | Nov 7, 2016 | Faith & Politics, Justice, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images When I taught world history to freshmen in high school, I once asked my students to reflect upon the longevity of the Roman Republic (it lasted over 500 years, ending in the first century BC, over twice as long as our Republic). In an...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Nov 5, 2016 | In the News, Pop Culture, Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images I’m from Green Bay, but now I’m a teacher in Chicago. Yesterday, there was a parade two blocks from my classroom, and thousands gathered for a celebration 108 years in the making. Several of my students skipped class; others were trapped in a...
by Dan Dixon, SJ | Nov 4, 2016 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images We’ve got best-selling books on mass incarceration. We’ve got videos of unarmed people of color getting shot and killed. We’ve even got #blacklivesmatter, which has already appeared over 12 million times on Twitter. Yet, otherwise smart people...
by Andy Nguyen, SJ | Nov 3, 2016 | Pop Culture, Science & Technology, Social Media ~ Approx. 2 mins
Picture the scene: It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping. You, a hardworking college student, are staying indoors reading for Monday classes. You’ve just finished another four pages, which took no less than half an hour of...
