by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Aug 20, 2015 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
If you follow Jesuits on social media, you may know that this is “anniversary season.” Jesuits in the US have typically entered and taken vows in the Society of Jesus during the month of August, so my Facebook and Twitter feeds have been filled with pictures of vow...
by Jason Downer, SJ | Aug 19, 2015 | Pop Culture, Sports ~ Approx. 1min
Great news everybody! Frisbee is now officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee as a sport!! This, sadly, does not mean it is guaranteed a spot in the olympics, but it does mean that there’s a chance. Is it a slim chance? Sure, but we have to hold...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Aug 18, 2015 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I was at Mass the other day, and I noticed Joe. Joe is probably 85 years old, which means he’s been in the Society of Jesus for over 65 years. He lives in a Jesuit retirement center outside Milwaukee, and after a lifetime of apostolic work, he is now missioned to...
by Jason Downer, SJ | Aug 14, 2015 | Education ~ Approx. 3 mins
A long time ago in a university far, far away, I was the person who looked at all the first year housing preference forms and made roommate matches. I would joke that I was responsible for making best friends or worst enemies. This is the time of year when...
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Aug 11, 2015 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
One day a seemingly homeless woman asked if I could help with some necessities. She was a short lady with a cracked face from age or heavy smoking, tousled hair that stood high on her head, and deep set eyes showing the weary side of her life. She could’ve been...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Aug 9, 2015 | In the News, Justice, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 6 mins
Apple’s announcement that it would offer a free three-month trial of its new music streaming service was met with great celebration in late June. The company’s simultaneous announcement that they wouldn’t pay artists during the trial period was met with considerably...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Aug 5, 2015 | In the News, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2min
“What are you going to do with your life?” can be a terrifying question. One summer, while giving retreats on Ignatian spirituality, the most popular talk we gave was on Ignatius’s “Rules for Discernment.”1 It indicated that most of us are hungry for guidance. I was...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Aug 4, 2015 | Blogs, Sexuality, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
I had been talking around it for weeks. My spiritual director, on the other hand, was ready to get to the point. “It sounds like you just really want her,” he said. His voice lingered on the words really and want to make it clear that he was...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Aug 3, 2015 | Pop Culture ~ Approx. 6 mins
There are some music albums that become the soundtracks for particular moments in our lives. You know the kind I mean: the ones where simply hearing one of its songs – even years later – transports you instantaneously to a particular moment in the past. Amy...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Jul 31, 2015 | Pop Culture, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
As readers of any comment section on the Internet know, people are compared to Hitler all the time. In philosophy classes, students readily point to Hitler as the embodiment of evil — so much so, in fact, that there is a logical fallacy named after him: Reductio...
