by Ken Homan, SJ | Jul 14, 2014 | Justice ~ Approx. 6 mins
A couple weeks ago, I sat with a group of friends chatting about the community organizing that one of them works in. He asked me, as a fairly socially-minded person, if I had ever done training in community organizing. I mentioned a couple projects, including working...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Jul 12, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Football fever is running high here at TJP. Even though the Vatican has said that the game’s on well after normal papal bedtimes — and it’s a well known fact the that Benedict isn’t the world’s biggest sports fan — we’re holding out hope for a...
by Billy Biegler, SJ | Jul 12, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
I come from a long line of storytellers, birthed from the dusty boots of coal mining Croatian immigrants. Those who hear these stories might think that the transplant home of the Biegler/Star family, Helper, Utah, is paradise. Story after story after story relates...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | Jul 11, 2014 | Justice ~ Approx. 2 mins
I don’t know how to feel about this latest episode in the long, convoluted, painfully overdue march toward comprehensive immigration reform. President Obama has announced that he will be using executive orders to do what he can to change existing immigration policies...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Jul 9, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
I love the World Cup. I love the Olympics. I especially love what they represent: Team meeting team, each under its own flag and anthem, competing and celebrating athleticism on an even playing field, an honor passed nation to nation. The exhilaration! The vigor! The...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jul 8, 2014 | Humor, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 1min
Gluttony: Tweeting or posting pictures of your food Look, we all know where the sushi restaurant is located and what it serves. They have a website, and the menu is already made up of pictures. Hello, redundancy! Greed: Getting the latest iDevice, even though...
by Louie Hotop, SJ | Jul 4, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
It’s Independence Day—you know the drill. Throw on your American flag tank top and get ready for parades, watermelon, baseball, explosions, trips to the emergency room, and… poetry? Poetry, rap’s shy and occasionally awkward cousin, can offer a quirky...
by Joe Hoover, SJ | Jun 26, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
A few weeks ago I stood with a wired shrieking crowd behind police barricades and watched as men and women stepped out of black sedans and black luxury trucks pulled up in front of a museum. In dark suits and epic gowns they walked beneath a white canopy and onto a...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Jun 26, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
I have to admit, when I first hear ‘unaccompanied minor,’ my mind goes straight to ‘running away from home.’ This is certainly an indicator of my privileged childhood in suburban Michigan and Wisconsin, when the only ‘unaccompanied minors’ were unaccompanied by...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jun 24, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
A man pulls down his pants and takes a leak on the beach near Fullerton and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. He has streaks of pink running through his matted dark hair, black tattoos twisting around his arms, and a midriff-baring New York Yankees t-shirt. The beach is...
