by The Jesuit Post | Sep 15, 2013 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1min
Stop Here. Click Now. Some pieces not to miss As the world waited to find out what would happen in the aftermath of the Syrian chemical weapons attack, a young Syrian Jesuit, Tony Homsy, offered this prayer for Syria here at TJP. (Earlier, Sam Sawyer reflected on why...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Sep 12, 2013 | In the News, Sports ~ Approx. 1min
Let’s remember a particular way that Americans sought solace in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks: sporting events. I’m always overwhelmed by the communal beauty of the American sports scene. So much pageantry, so much tradition, so many people who...
by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Sep 12, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
It was a recent Sunday afternoon, and I was just sitting in the hard rocking chair in the otherwise comfortable and bright meeting room of the Campus Ministry center, when my knowledgeable and eminently capable colleague turned to me. “Anything to add?” she asked. The...
by Pau Vidal, SJ | Sep 9, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Nota del editor: Pau Vidal, SJ es un jesuita catalán que trabaja en el Servicio Jesuita a los Refugiados. Pau es el coordinador pastoral en el campamento de refugiados de Kakuma (Kenia) donde viven en el exilio refugiados de Somalia, Sudán del Sur, Congo, Etiopía y...
by Pau Vidal, SJ | Sep 9, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
Editor’s Note: Pau Vidal, SJ is a Catalan Jesuit who works for the Jesuit Refugee Service. Pau is currently serving as the pastoral coordinator of the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya where refugees from Somalia, South Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia, and other neighboring...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Sep 8, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Tip of the hat goes to: Matt Spotts’s philosophy class at Brebeuf Jesuit, Indianapolis as well as Brian Konzman’s students on the Gonzaga College High School, Washington D.C. Cross Country Team Sometimes TJP looks closely at culture in search of signs of God’s...
by Tony Homsy, SJ | Sep 6, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
Jesus, my friend, I don’t ask you these things often, but, what if you were a Syrian in your thirties? I ask you this naïve question – but it’s really not a question. I ask so I can tell you how the past two and a half years have brought Syria – my country! – to a new...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Sep 6, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Sathima Bea Benjamin 1936 to three-weeks-ago Friday Ms. Benjamin was all about soul: she sought to soothe it and agitate it. She was a sublime jazz singer and one of the leading South African ex-pat advocates for the African National Congress’s campaign against...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Sep 4, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
Is it possible for there to be nothing — either practically or morally, by force or persuasion or any other means — that we can do to improve a terrible situation? And when we reach that point, when we can do nothing except fast and pray and cry out to heaven, are we...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | Sep 4, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
The folks at Cracked have done it again: a list of the 6 most badass saints on the planet. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits, just barely cracked the list, coming in at #6. Cracked might have listed him higher had he proved that he was also bulletproof. Contrary to...
