by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | May 2, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Originalmente en inglés, traducido por Manuel Carrasco García-Moreno Hace algunos años estaba esperando junto a otros cinco bien vestidos jesuitas a las puertas de la catedral de Chicago esperando a que empezara la vigilia de Pascua. En la cálida brisa de la primavera...
by Joe Wotawa | May 1, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
I teach a student who has absolutely no business knowing what he knows about the blues. In perfect detail, he can describe the different types of blues scales and how they differ from the standard diatonic, or major, scale. After I had simply asked why a blues clip I...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Apr 29, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
Stir crazy from screens and plagued with cabin fever from a never-ending winter, I drove to Milwaukee the other Saturday to spend time with high school friends and watch the Badgers play in the Final Four. They lost. Dejected after the game, I drove back to Chicago...
by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Apr 24, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
Este artículo también se encuentra en Español A few years ago I stood with five other nattily-dressed Jesuits outside of the cathedral in Chicago waiting for the Easter vigil service to begin. As the warm spring air blew around us we were chatting about all manner of...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
What do pro wrestlers and Pope Francis have in common? They are all public figures who acknowledge that they can’t do everything themselves, that they need the blessing, love, and support of those they serve for them to do their job effectively. When elected, Francis...
by Quentin Dupont, SJ | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
Around my Jesuit community, I don’t have a reputation for having the cleanest room ever. I’m more of a “piles” kind of guy. And this didn’t get better once I started to get interested in the debate on income inequality, which has been much discussed in the news over...
by John Shea, SJ | Apr 23, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
People love travel memoirs. They help us reflect over our journeys, noting what stood out in the places we’ve visited, the people we’ve met and the adventures we’ve experienced. Although few people write a travel memoir with the explicit intention of emulating the...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Apr 17, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
In my first ever graduate class in philosophy, my professor encouraged us to link our studies to our real-world interests and experiences. Perhaps she recognized that, being a group of Jesuit scholastics, few of us saw philosophy as a dominant path through life. Or...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Apr 15, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 10 mins
This post is an excerpt from the new The Jesuit Post book, available on Kindle and in paperback. The book features 20 new essays from writers for The Jesuit Post, as well as reprinting a few of the best essays from our first two years online. For more information,...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Apr 15, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there...
