by Brendan Busse, SJ | Mar 31, 2015 | Blogs ~ Approx. 5 mins
I held the mic. That’s about it. I had been asked to serve as an acolyte for the diaconate ordination of eight Jesuits here in Madrid. During an ordination liturgy the presiding bishop moves around more than usual — sit, stand, kneel, from one chair to another...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Mar 30, 2015 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
It might never have happened if a kind soul hadn’t bothered to return her passport. So begins the story of how Jane Goodall almost didn’t make it to Africa. On a London dock in March 1957, poised to visit a friend in Kenya, she realized she had lost or dropped her...
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...
