by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Aug 17, 2016 | In the News ~ Approx. 10 mins
I am afraid to go downstairs in my Jesuit community in Managua, Nicaragua. That’s where danger lurks: a terrifying creature that brings about the death of roughly a million people each year. It’s not lions, tigers, or bears (oh my). No, something far more dangerous....
by Eric Immel, SJ | Aug 16, 2016 | Faith & Family, In the News, Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
You’re not my real parents. I said that to them at least once in my life. I followed the comment by running away from home, a slammed door followed by a short jaunt down Lola Drive with my blankee tied up on a yard stick and filled with GI Joe action figures...
by Tony Homsy, SJ | Aug 15, 2016 | In the News, Pope Francis, Spirituality, Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images Soon before the Olympic Games in Rio started, Pope Francis expressed his hope that they would inspire all to “fight the good fight.” I have been inspired thoroughly. The Games have even taught me a number of spiritual lessons. Lesson #1: You...
by The Jesuit Post | Aug 14, 2016 | In the News, Sports ~ Approx. 4 mins
The torch has traveled around the world. Patriotism becomes in vogue. National team shirts, hats, and pins become fashionable. News stations begin reporting medal counts as if they were the DOW or NASDAQ. Our Olympic obsession begins. Certainly, the Olympics are one...
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by Colten Biro | Aug 11, 2016 | Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’m not entirely sure how it happened, but it took me far too long to realize that my Spotify had been playing Selena Gomez’s “Kill ‘Em With Kindness” on loop for nearly an hour. In listening, I found that I immediately loved it. Then I had mixed feelings. And...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Aug 9, 2016 | Blogs, MAG+S & WYD, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
It’s my first night in Europe and, clinging to two hours of desperate sleep on the transatlantic red-eye flight, I miss my train from Barcelona to the little town of Manresa, where I was hoping to make it to the Jesuit community in the daylight. But instead, sometime...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Aug 8, 2016 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Jesuits can often sound like broken records. We like to call schools and parishes “Ignatius” or “Loyola” — or, if we’re feeling wild, “Xavier.” We love to repeat phrases such as “men (and women) for others” or “finding God in all things.” And if you have ever attended...
by Colten Biro | Aug 5, 2016 | Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
For at least a month now I’ve had concrete plans to attend D.C. Comics’s Suicide Squad. To be honest though, I’ve been talking about Suicide Squad since the beginning of this year. I’m excited for its release because it seems to fall into the vein of movies and series...
by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Aug 2, 2016 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
For the past several weeks I had the opportunity for Spanish language study immersion in Costa Rica. Leaving my simple room in the capital city, I would trudge down to my language school each morning ready for a day filled with endless verb conjugations, vocabulary...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Aug 1, 2016 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 6 mins
I stood in the Jewish cemetery, Roman Collar tight around my neck, yarmulke resting unstably atop my head in the summer breeze. The sounds were tragic – the grind of a shovel hitting rock-filled dirt. The dull thud of that dirt hitting the top of a simple...
