by Quentin Dupont, SJ | Aug 12, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 10 mins
I know it’s gauche to start a column by suggesting a variant title (as it is to start with the most selfish letter in the English alphabet, I suppose), but… but, if I’d written about the immortal Mr. Dimon this past spring I definitely would have pushed my editors to...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Aug 9, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Peter Appleyard 1928 to three-weeks-ago Thursday Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and Tony Bennett, Diana Krall and Benny Goodman: who didn’t Pete play with? You won’t believe how that career got started: “He got his first break when he was approached...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Aug 8, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
It might be hard to believe, but August is upon us. The high points of summer — Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, St. Ignatius Day, the family reunion where everyone was forced to wear matching t-shirts and pretend to love it — are all behind us. Labor...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Aug 7, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
What’s your fantasy life like? Does it look something like this: Lets go crazy, crazy, crazy till we see the sun. I know we’ve only met but let’s pretend it’s love. And never, never, never stop for anyone. Tonight let’s get some. -One...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Aug 6, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Four hours – eternity for a child – north of Milwaukee, my grandparents’ cottage was a place out of sync with ‘real’ life: a refuge of lazy afternoons catching crawfish and picking wild raspberries that dotted the lakeshore. Arms streaked Koolaid-red were made clean...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Aug 6, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
When talking with Krista Tippett on American Public Media’s “On Being,” Marie Howe – the current New York State poet – balked at the suggestion that she was a religious poet: Ms. Tippett: Some people I know have called you a religious poet. Ms. Howe: Oh, that’s...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Aug 5, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 9 mins
Perhaps the single greatest social hazard for a lawyer is the lurking threat of the anecdote.1 Imagine it, someone with whom you are sharing, say, a classic Old Fashioned,2 has discovered you are a lawyer. He decides to break the ice by regaling you with the story...
by The Jesuit Post | Aug 4, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 1 min
Biggest. Catholic. Beach. Party. Ever. WYD was a whirlwind. Many evenings after the press conferences (and sometimes over a few caipirinhas), we had a chance to chat with other people working to cover WYD. Those conversations made us realize how much we enjoyed the...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Aug 1, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Throwback Thursdays allow us to be grateful – whether that be for SuperSoakers, labor laws or for the youth of the church, those in whom “Christ has confidence… with the very future of his mission.” It is no secret that World Youth Day enables the Spirit to move...
by Sean Dempsey, SJ | Aug 1, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
The recent movie Wreck-It Ralph tells the story of Ralph, the 8-bit villain in a Donkey Kong-inspired, classic 1980s-style video game. As the tension rises in the movie we viewers are treated to a group therapy session circle, around which sit the bad guys from all...
