Fine By Me: An All-Embracing Love

Fine By Me: An All-Embracing Love

The first time a friend came out to me I was shopping for a Campbell’s Soup Can costume at a Target in St. Louis. As I searched for a means to disguise myself as comfort food he chose to reveal part of his true self to me. It might have been the environment or...
A Brave Soul, A Relentless Spirit

A Brave Soul, A Relentless Spirit

Editor’s Note: Tony Homsy, a friend of Fr. Frans, posted his reflections on Fr. Frans on 8 April and is available here. Author’s note: Below is the email the Jesuit community in Berkeley received this morning from our Fady Chidiac, a Lebanese Jesuit currently in...
Wrestling with Humility

Wrestling with Humility

The NCAA tournament has just come to an end. I bet you didn’t watch a single minute. Hundreds of young men endured physical pain, and poured sweat, blood and tears into thousands upon thousands of hours of work – and you didn’t know we were in the middle of it. “What...
April Fools 2014 Wrap Up

April Fools 2014 Wrap Up

I’ve gotten a few confused emails recently about the various Dominican posts that are now part of TJP. With so many Jesuits in one place, you’re bound to get some mischief, especially on April 1st.  Fear not, it wasn’t a real hostile take-over.  Our...
In Support of a Voice for Student Athletes

In Support of a Voice for Student Athletes

Just as March Madness was gearing up, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago issued a relatively routine decision allowing a group of employees to unionize.  This caused quite an uproar.  What was so outrageous about it?  Well, the...
Jesuit Madness 2014 Championship

Jesuit Madness 2014 Championship

Check out the complete #JesuitMadness Bracket. Follow us via @TheJesuitPost for updates and news. Voting closes at midnight EDT April 5 This poll is no longer accepting votesAnonymous VoteSign in with WordpressWhich Jesuit Saint should be crowned King of Jesuit...
An Online Confession?

An Online Confession?

If you’re on the academic calendar like me, you’re looking at your daily to-do list and quaking. There is so much to get done before the end of the semester and seemingly no time to do it. I’m being ordained a deacon after Easter, so that adds another series of tasks...
Worth Watching: I Am

Worth Watching: I Am

You may not immediately know the name Tom Shadyac, but I bet you’d recognize a number of movies that he’s directed (Ace Ventura, anyone?). So why exactly did he choose to give away most of his fortune and move into a mobile home? Shadyac says in his...