by Paul Lickteig, SJ | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
On Halloween night, the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead thins, allowing spirits from these different realms to communicate with one another. Or at least those are the words I heard on some Halloween special when I was a kid. Seriously,...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Want to see some weird Halloween costumes? Like really weird? I mean, the creepiest and most nightmare-inducing costumes this side of Miley Cyrus? Well then why don’t we take a look through the Jesuit family Halloween album? There just might be some real gems of our...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Oct 30, 2013 | TJPodcast ~ Approx. 1 min
Sometimes even the best Halloween costume just doesn’t impress. The last time this happened to me, I got to thinking about costumes, about dressing up, and actually, about how every other day of the year is about the same for me: FAKE. Well, not entirely...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | Oct 30, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
The government shutdown is over and behind us. The national parks are reopened, tourists can visit all of the monuments in D.C., government services are back up and running, and the panda cam is back on. Thank God for all of this. Seriously. Clearly, these past few...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Oct 29, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Originalmente en Inglés, traducido por Manuel Carrasco García-Moreno Me había equivocado. No habían pasado aún tres semanas desde que no escatimé en nostalgia por la belleza del otoño cuando me vi en Berkeley, California, para un encuentro de jóvenes jesuitas bañado...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Oct 29, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
I was wrong. Not three weeks after I waxed nostalgic on the beauty of autumn, I found myself in Berkeley, CA for a sun-kissed gathering of young Jesuits. Out there the sun soaks the skin, the weather softens the soul, and every day seems a reboot of summer. Forget...
by Jason Welle | Oct 29, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
It’s as though they had advance notice of what he would say. I mean America magazine, and I mean the pope, and I mean the blockbuster interview with him they published this past October. Over here at The Jesuit Post, we carried a round-up of reactions from our...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Oct 28, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
“You do not deserve to be here. Not yet.” This is what Kevin Carey would have said to this year’s incoming first-year class at Stanford University. What the actual dean of admissions said to them was worlds away: “We have made no mistakes about your admission....
by Jack McLain, SJ | Oct 28, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 9 mins
Maybe you follow the video game industry and maybe you don’t. Either way, it’s worth paying attention to Microsoft’s latest moves in that arena, because I believe they’re reflective of a problem facing Microsoft that can affect each of us as well. It’s one of the...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Oct 24, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
No, not that Bartman. I mean Steve Bartman, the unfortunate diehard Chicago Cubs fan in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ten years ago his Cubbies were just five outs away from their first World Series appearance since 1945. A routine pop-up popped off the bat of...
