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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...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jul 29, 2016 | Global Catholicism, Justice, MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 5 mins
Happy World Friendship Day! Wait, “World Friendship Day”? It sounds like an elaborate ploy by Hallmark to sell more cards or like one of those “holidays” created by Facebook fiat. And, while both thoughts are somewhat accurate, this holiday is far more meaningful than...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 28, 2016 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
On July 16, 1991, I slipped on some wet grass during a water balloon fight. It was the day before my ninth birthday, a quarter-century ago. As my feet rose and my shoulders dropped, my left arm twisted behind my back. I came down with a sickening crunch. It was the...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Jul 27, 2016 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 8 mins
Embed from Getty Images This is the second installment of two in which Bill McCormick, our resident political scientists, asks us to consider the delicate dance of faith and politics. Last week I asked whether one can be Catholic and Republican. Readers had a variety...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jul 26, 2016 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, In the News ~ Approx. 4 mins
Hillary Clinton announced her running mate this week. The buzz-machine responded, as per usual, and made sure we all know that (1) he is Catholic (hmm?), (2) was educated by Jesuits (gasp!) and (3) speaks Spanish fluently (oh my!). All true, yes. But true enough? I...
