by Alex Placke | Mar 30, 2015 | Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
I am a pretty restless person. Anyone that knows me can tell you that I’m not one to enjoy sitting around all day behind a book. Although I am known to enjoy a full day of Netflix every once in a while, I always feel disgusting afterwards. Luckily for me, this past...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Mar 27, 2015 | In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 3 mins
Collaboration, as you may have heard recently, is a very good thing. It allows two or more people (or institutions) to accomplish more together than they could independently. Pooling resources allows work to be done effectively and efficiently. Even the government...
by Jason Welle | Mar 26, 2015 | In the News, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
[Editor’s note: Richard III’s reburial takes place on Thursday, March 26. Please keep reading below the original piece for new information.] Originally published February 18, 2013: “Sin, death, and hell have set their marks on him, And all their ministers...
by Matt White | Mar 24, 2015 | Humor, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2 mins
Clickhole.com is a pop social media site whose articles are shallow, quizzes are arbitrary, and advice pieces are not relatable. And that is why I’m a huge fan of it! Clickhole is an affiliate of The Onion – the satirical news site – and like The Onion, all the...
by Juan Ruiz, SJ | Mar 20, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
A few months ago, at a conference in London, David Simon, the creator of The Wire, remarked: “The proof we had at some success of not being completely polemical is that everybody; liberals, conservatives, libertarians, marxists, free market capitalists; they all found...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Mar 19, 2015 | Humor, Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
If you call yourself a fan of basketball and haven’t read Bill Simmons’s The Book of Basketball, stop what you’re doing, order it on your Kindle, and forget about your responsibilities for a week in order to read it. Actually, not quite. First read and share this...
by Jason Welle | Mar 18, 2015 | In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 2 mins
The Archdiocese of San Francisco got all wet this week when scandal erupted over the use of overhead water spigots at St. Mary’s Cathedral to deter homeless people from sleeping in the doorways of the City’s principal church. A local reporter broke the story...
by Peter Folan, SJ | Mar 18, 2015 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
I have some serious theological problems with the model of biblical inspiration depicted in The Inspiration of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio,1 but I have absolutely no problem with the painting itself. It pops. One cannot not notice it, and thus I hung a print of it...
by Jason Downer, SJ | Mar 18, 2015 | Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2min
At last count the Facebook sensation Humans of New York had just under 12.5 million likes. 12.5 Million! I mean, even the most popular of the multiple Pope Francis pages only has 1.8 million likes. Humans of New York began in 2010 by a photographer who wanted to...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Mar 17, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
My spiritual director thinks that I need to say ‘good-bye’. I prefer ‘See you later’. But he’s closer to the truth, and I really hate to admit that. I’m leaving again soon. I’m finishing an MSW at Loyola University Chicago, closing another chapter of Jesuit life,...
