by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Dec 14, 2014 | Humor ~ Approx. 1 min
1) He had a very specific taste in natural food. Long before hipsters discovered kale and quinoa from a food truck, John the Baptist was eating locusts and wild honey. 2) J the B followed Christ before it was cool. He was even promoting Jesus back when they were both...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Dec 11, 2014 | In the News, Justice, Sexuality ~ Approx. 6 mins
Dear Greek Brothers, It’s been an agonizing year for us. Violence abounds both within chapters and against those who trust us. Hazing has continued and had led to the deaths of a Sig Ep pledge at Clemson, a Kappa Sigma pledge at West Virginia, and one of my PiKapp...
by Matt White | Dec 11, 2014 | Pop Culture, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
Salvation, surprise, redemption, and peace — and all of this from just one meal! Babette’s Feast is a film about an extravagant, multi-course, French dinner. But, really, it’s not about dinner, it’s about a meal. It’s about personal transformation, food,...
by Henry Longbottom, SJ | Dec 10, 2014 | Justice, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 4 mins
The word emanating from Vatican corridors is that we can expect to see the long awaited environment-themed encyclical at some point during 2015. The exact date has not been disclosed, but it could coincide with Francis’ apostolic visit to the Philippines in January, a...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Dec 10, 2014 | In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 1min
Today, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the executive summary of it’s report on the CIA’s “detention and interrogation” — i.e., torture — program. Over on our Patheos blog, I argued that What is perhaps most terrifying about...
by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Dec 9, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
When I stop laughing I have to start thinking about leaving. This was my refrain when I first entered the Jesuits. Laughter was a sign of joy, of contentment. If I was laughing — with my brothers, with the people at my ministry sites, with my superiors —...
by Jake Martin, SJ | Dec 8, 2014 | Humor, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2min
I don’t do things by half; rather I do them by exponents. Like, when I want to lose weight I don’t try to eat sensibly and get more exercise; instead I go on a 900 cal a day diet and pound away at the elliptical until I pass out. Suffice it to say, I crash and burn...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Dec 5, 2014 | In the News, Justice, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 1min
Earlier today, we posted an image applying a quote from Pope Francis’s Evangelii Gaudium to the current discussion about the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, under the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. #BlackLivesMatter: there cannot be peace unless we’re all...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Dec 4, 2014 | Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
‘Tis the season. Not yet for Christmas, for Santas and for carols, but ’tis the season of light, that is: Advent. We put lights on our houses, and lights on our trees; we light the candles on our wreath. For us in the northern hemisphere, the days are...
by Joe Hoover, SJ | Dec 2, 2014 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 10 mins
Some Catholics are the priest on the south side of Chicago who went up to a crack house at midnight, knocked on the door and told the people inside to shut it down and leave his parish. Some Catholics are the military couple who recently ushered their seven sons and...
