by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Jul 22, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
Recently I was sitting across from my mother and sister on the commuter train, heading home from New York after taking in a matinee production of the musical Pippin. Mom and Tracey had fallen asleep, cell phones clutched in their hands and mouths agape. So, I did...
by The Jesuit Post | Jul 21, 2013 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 2 mins
We may be in the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, but that doesn’t mean things have slowed down here at TJP. Just the opposite, really. In addition to our standard stellar content (see below), several TJP editors and writers have traveled to Brazil to cover World...
by The Jesuit Post | Jul 20, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 4 mins
MAGIS pilgrims all across Brazil experienced grace in a myriad of ways as their literal and figurative journeys drew to a close. Aparecida pilgrims completed the last leg of their trip. Belem’s musical performance opened last night and we finally have a thorough...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jul 20, 2013 | Blogs, MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 4 mins
Hundreds of pilgrims filed off of buses from the airport in Salvador, Brazil after their long international flights. The theme for the MAGIS gathering was pasted all around the school: “Esperam por nós ‘naçoes’ — ‘Nations’ await us.” I still ponder the many possible...
by The Jesuit Post | Jul 19, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 2 mins
After visiting the Vidigal favela and its eco-park on day 3, Jason Welle, SJ and the Pontau pilgrims took a 2-hour bus ride (standing room only, as shown in the photo below) to spend two days in Favela Santa Marta, one of the first favelas to be “pacified” by police....
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Public opinion exploded this week over Rolling Stone magazine’s decision to publish a closeup photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19 year-old who allegedly conspired with his deceased brother Tamerlan to bomb the Boston Marathon in April of this year. Boston Mayor Thomas...
by Chris Schroeder, SJ | Jul 18, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 3 mins
In the rural hills of southern Brazil, just 10 kilometers from the city of Cascavel, I encountered an everyday simplicity which is far more than ordinary. José and Gesmari Broca, married for 36 years, have built a life together that could not have been accomplished...
by The Jesuit Post | Jul 18, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 1 min
Day 3 of the MAGIS experiences (July 17) saw the Pontau, Rio de Janeiro pilgrims visiting an urban eco-park in the Vidigal favela (a Brazilian slum). Jason Welle, SJ reported the pilgrims (from France, Colombia, Portugal and Congo as well as students from Fordham and...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jul 18, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Great googly-moogly, it’s hot out there! While the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II is cause for celebration, let’s be honest here: someone needs to open up a window as well as the cause for the canonization of Willis Carrier. Where would modern...
by The Jesuit Post | Jul 17, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 2min
Today (a little bit sooner than midnight!) updates mainly from our Pontau and Belem crews. (If you’re just tuning in now and need the dramatis personae, check out our Day 1 update here. Jason Welle, SJ writes in that while the day 2 experience was made a little...
