by Jason Welle | Nov 8, 2015 | Faith & Politics, Justice ~ Approx. 2min
This weekend, almost 1,700 people gathered at a conference center just outside of Washington, D.C. for the 18th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, organized by the Ignatian Solidarity Network. The theme this year is simply one word: Bridges. Delegates,...
by Dan Dixon, SJ | Nov 6, 2015 | In the News, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
View image | gettyimages.com Bond is back. And yours truly is excited. I know, I know. YES, I have some misgivings about liking Bond. He’s a misogynist. He dispenses violence a little too casually. Plus that penchant for terrible puns. Still, when the 24th...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Nov 3, 2015 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
At 6:30 AM, my phone buzzes loudly on the faux-wood desktop in my room, tearing me from an intimate moment with Albert Camus and French existentialism. Someone who loves me is texting to say good morning. I don’t respond. My mind is sharpest in the early hours, and I...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Nov 1, 2015 | Blogs, Catholic Writing, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
‘Smee’ would not appreciate being called a fool, holy or otherwise. Sister Marie Estelle (special ops codename: “Smee”) was the principal of our Catholic grade school in Milwaukee for many years. Like so many great religious women, Sr. Marie...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Oct 29, 2015 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 5 mins
Donald Trump. Income inequality. Government shutdowns. School shootings. The refugee crisis. Immigration reform. Declining wages. Health care costs. Campaign finance. Congressional leadership. Donald Trump. Outsourcing. Culture wars. Lobbyists. Ferguson. Homelessness....
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Oct 28, 2015 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Last week a good friend called me in tears. “Damian, there is something I need to share with you, but I don’t know how.” I imagined her on the kitchen floor leaning against the fridge, a roll of toilet paper as tissues unraveling beside her, and a jug of pulp-free...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Oct 27, 2015 | Faith & Family, Sexuality ~ Approx. 2 mins
“Will you go out with me?” It’s a terrifying question once awkwardly muttered by romantically untried youths everywhere. No longer. I may have first uttered the words during a teen night at my local YMCA, or perhaps over my family’s landline on a Thursday – the...
by Andy Nguyen, SJ | Oct 26, 2015 | Justice, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 4 mins
In following Pope Francis’ visit to the United States, I was moved by a report of New Yorkers moved to tears after just a brief moment of seeing Francis on the popemobile passing by. The last time I saw such a cheering, adoring, tearing, screaming and selfie-ing crowd...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Oct 22, 2015 | Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2min
Many road trips have been filled with discussions of my favorite icebreakers: If you could invite any three people to dinner, whom would you invite?1 If you could keep only five U.S. states, which would you keep?2 Or, an even more entertaining one: If you could get...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Oct 20, 2015 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
Our father left us. Not in the permanent, out-for-a-smoke-never-to-return, kind of way. He left us habitually; that is to say, with regularity. He left us outside of supermarkets and soccer games, hardware stores and nurseries. “Here’s a shopping...
