by Jason Welle | Mar 1, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Fifty-three years ago today, on March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps when he signed a simple, two page executive order, and through what emerged he may have revealed a saint among us. Almost a quarter million Peace Corps Volunteers have...
by Jeremy Zipple, SJ | Feb 28, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 17 mins
Originalmente en inglés, traducido por Manuel Carrasco García-Moreno Una vez una amiga me dijo que le encantaría ser una mosca posada en la pared durante las cenas de comunidad de los jesuitas. “Aprendería un montón” decía, sugiriendo, imagino, que una mesa llena de...
by Jay Hooks | Feb 28, 2014 | Catholic Writing, Uncategorized ~ Approx. 14 mins
A year ago, Paul Elie’s New York Times essay, Has Fiction Lost Its Faith? thrust religion’s rapport with writing into the public eye. The ensuing flurry of responses by well-known figures on the American literary scene showed that Elie had hit a nerve. TJP...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Feb 27, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
I’m not a great singer. At all. Just ask my novitiate’s choir director, Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ. Thus, I acknowledge that this #tbt might be interpreted as a very black pot calling many a kettle black. That being the case… Ho. Lee. ^%$#@ That is “America’s Most...
by Jason Welle | Feb 27, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Is there a point at which a movie projection becomes a projection of ourselves? I got to wondering that when I first saw the trailer for the film Son of God, which opens February 28 and is produced by Mark Burnett (of Survivor fame) and his wife Roma Downey (Touched...
by Matthew Dunch, SJ | Feb 26, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
Flashback to 2011. “Siri, do you love me?” “I’m not capable of love, Matt.” Asking Siri strange questions got old faster than One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful.”1 But what if Siri had said “Yes, I love you?” And if she said, it could she mean it? Spike Jonze’s...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Feb 26, 2014 | TJPodcast ~ Approx. 1 min
Every time I look into my closet, I ask myself “Why do I have so many backpacks?” There’s an easy answer to that: “Advertising: 14, Garrett: 0.” I have a bag to match every possible adventure, each purchased in a hopeful time, a finals...
by Marcos Gonzales | Feb 25, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
There’s a daily battle raging within each of us. Which side wins depends on the choices each of us makes. The story of this battle is told through a familiar folktale in which a grandfather and his grandson are talking. The Grandfather tells his grandson, “A fight is...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Originalmente en inglés, traducido por Manuel Carrasco García-Moreno Detesto probarme ropa. Estoy seguro de que las cámaras de todo el país me han grabado dando vueltas antes de dar vueltas por las tiendas de ropa en un estado de indecisión nerviosa. Creo que tengo...
by Jeremy Zipple, SJ | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 13 mins
A friend once told me she’d love to be a fly on the wall at Jesuit community dinners. “I’d learn a ton,” she said, implying, I guess, that a tableful of overly educated guys with varied interests could surely produce some profitable conversation. My response was to...
