by Jay Hooks | Jan 16, 2014 | Catholic Writing ~ Approx. 17 mins
Imagine an Olympic relay team made up of 20th-century Catholic writers. Walker Percy, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Flannery O’Connor, and J.F. Powers, among others, all show up to run for Team Tiber. An odd bunch, to be sure. Odd, because it’s hard to imagine so many...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jan 14, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
On December 31st, 2005 I sat at a truck stop in Green Bay, Wisconsin on County Rd. GV looking down at a bacon cheddar omelet. It was a three-egg creation, complete with hash browns, four slices of buttered marble-rye toast, a garnish of parsley, and a decorative...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jan 13, 2014 | Education ~ Approx. 3 mins
1. At least half of the intramural team names were religiously inspired (The Black Robes, Pedro A-hoop-e, The Apostles – including at least one Judas who intentionally or not would give the ball to the other team): 2. The term “Fr. What a Waste” was used to talk...
by John Shea, SJ | Jan 10, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Overheard this past Tuesday on a flight from Austin, TX to San Francisco: “Global warming, global cooling. I dunno, but this is the coldest I’ve seen in Texas. It’s really unusual.” The temperature in Austin reached a high of 48º that day....
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Jan 10, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
The holidays – time for peace on earth and goodwill to all people, warm fireplaces and mugs of cocoa – enough of that. Back to the real world. Especially for the poor and unemployed. Because, as you may have heard, emergency unemployment insurance...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
In the case you’ve been away from the news for a couple of days, or in the case that a large proportion of your social media contacts are not from the eastern half of the United States, let me summarize a good chunk of Facebook statuses and news stories from the last...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jan 8, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
For me, New Year’s Resolutions are like giving up something for Lent in that I tend to fail immediately. That’s why I like having a backup plan or two. This year I’m in luck. Thanks to Rappler, a Philippines-based social media and news site, this Top 10 list gives you...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 7, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
A couple of years ago, at the end of a long period of studies, two friends and I rented a small cabin in the woods. It was a pilgrimage of sorts to a place we had seen once in a music video. The song was about friends moving apart, about being far from family, and...
by Jason Welle | Jan 7, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
We have a rattly old rocking chair in my parents’ house. It’s dark in color, dinged with age. The wicker is loose and dry and broken in places. It’s not an ordinary rocking chair, but a small, frail thing, big enough for a small child, or maybe a doll. I fear if a...
by Tony Homsy, SJ | Jan 5, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
I arrived in the States last August during a crucial time for my homeland. Suddenly it seemed that Syria was all over the headlines; wherever I went everybody was concerned about Syria. Here in America Syria was being discussed because President Obama had yet to...
