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...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
I love to cook and I love to eat, and for this reason I love the Food Network. Or at least the parts of the Food Network that actually deal with cooking food. This love affair began back in college when, owing to my very basic cable subscription, Giada De Laurentiis...
by The Jesuit Post | Jul 16, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 2 mins
The Jesuit Post Road Crew (@TJPOnTour) is traveling with three different MAGIS immersion groups, and tweeting along the way. Chris Schroeder, SJ (@AnalogJesuit) is in Cascavel, Brazil (in the south). Brendan Busse, SJ (@bugideas) is in Belem, Brazil (near the...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jul 15, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 5 mins
What is Magis? It’s “more” … more dancing than we ever could’ve imagined. More flashmobs1, more styles of Brazilian dance than we could’ve imagined2, more chest-pounding bass, and as a result, more excitement than we ever expected. But there is also more than...
by Paul Lickteig, SJ | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 9 mins
One night about two years ago I witnessed one of the most brilliant moments of bravado and practical group-think I had ever seen. I was at an Occupy protest in California when a 40 year-old man, trying to look twenty years younger than he was, stood up in jeans and...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Jul 14, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
The verdict, given in six unanimous voices, is that George Michael Zimmerman is not guilty. Seconds later, as Mr. Zimmerman gave a slight smile and shook the hand of his attorney, the massive What-Does-This-Mean? Machine that is “the media” began to crank its mighty...
by The Jesuit Post | Jul 13, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 1 min
All 2,000 pilgrims ushered in the official start of MAGIS 2013 last night with music, dancing, performances and plenty of impromptu cheering and breaking into song. Catch a glimpse of the festivities in the video below!
by Jason Welle | Jul 12, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 1min
They’re arriving by the dozens. Their backpacks are loaded but you’d hardly think so to see the young people carrying them. With eyes full of anticipation and a quick, lively steps, they step off the bus and settle in to the dormitories, but never really settle down....
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Jim Nayder 1954 to two-weeks-ago Thursday “Annoying music is like a train wreck,” Mr. Nayder once said, “You don’t want to look, but you have to.” He discovered as much as the host of NPR’s ‘The Annoying Music Show,’ bringing to the nation’s ears such gems (surely of...