by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Feb 10, 2015 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Oh no. My eyes dropped to the floor as my Jesuit brother lifted the strap over his head and gripped the fretboard of his acoustic guitar, clamping his capo into place. “I wrote this song over 30 years ago,” he began. Oh, don’t do this, I thought. This isn’t going to...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Feb 9, 2015 | Pop Culture, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
During my freshman year in high school, I picked up a new game for my new computer system — Sid Meier’s Civilization II. This was a mistake. Just after lunch, I installed the game and started playing. The next time I looked away from the screen, it was pitch...
by Jason Downer, SJ | Feb 6, 2015 | Humor ~ Approx. 2min
What a week it has been so far! First the Patriots win their fourth Super Bowl and then Harper Lee announces she has a 2nd book coming out. But this week is far from over because this Saturday is Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. I know, it snuck up on me this year too....
by Eric Immel, SJ | Feb 3, 2015 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
My handwriting is terrible. It’s like someone tied a pencil to the tail of a pomeranian and let it run wild across the page. The ‘I’s look like ‘Z’s, the ‘g’s look like ‘s’s–it’s a comical mess, a Jackson Pollock font. Essay exams and handwritten letters are...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Feb 2, 2015 | In the News, Spirituality, Sports, Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
The game was competitive. The ending – an amazing volley for control that devolved into an unsightly brawl – was an emotional rollercoaster, even for the uninitiated. Seahawks receiver Jermaine Kearse slides along the ground within yards of the end zone, tipping and...
by The Jesuit Post | Feb 2, 2015 | In the News, Sports ~ Approx. 5 mins
View image | gettyimages.com Four Jesuits in three different locations joined their 120 million closest friends in watching the Super Bowl. Here is their running commentary during the game: 5:55 PM – Dixon: One of my favorite things about the Super Bowl is the...
by Cyril Pinchak, SJ | Feb 1, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
You have probably never heard of me. I mean, that’s okay; I’m fine with it. Really, I am. After all, my fifteen minutes of televised fame came early in life. Now, it wasn’t exactly fifteen minutes, precisely; it was 30 seconds. And it was a 30-second commercial, of...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jan 28, 2015 | Pop Culture, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I wanted to be a Jesuit because of beer, sports, and pop music. Let me explain. After several years of trying to figure out how I felt moved to live and love in this world, I couldn’t shake the idea of being a Catholic priest. And I knew I couldn’t do it alone; I...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | Jan 28, 2015 | In the News ~ Approx. 3 mins
So since President Obama has given the State of the Union and outlined his vision for the next year, that means politicians and the media will be focused on that, right? Wrong! Even though it’s only the beginning of 2015, the 2016 Presidential Election is already...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 27, 2015 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
At the end of the 5-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Martin Luther King, Jr. noted that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” Some days we may feel the curve of this arc but many days we sense only its length. “And how...
