by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jun 20, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Throwback Thursday is going to throw you back about 65 million years to summer of 1994. I was sitting in the doctor’s office and – pious little boy that I was – I read a Bible that was on the bookshelf (I guess The Berenstain Bears weren’t doing it for me that day)....
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jun 20, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
After a week away, last night Stephen Colbert returned to his increasingly (and deservedly) famous show, The Colbert Report. There was, however, one markedly different thing about his return – for the first three minutes and thirty seconds of the show Mr....
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jun 20, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Originalmente escrito en ingles y traducido por Juan Pablo Marrufo del Toro, SJ El New York Times publicó el encabezado mas obvio – el Papa hablando de un lobby gay – perdiendo la oportunidad de publicar: “El Papa dice que no hay que preocuparse ya de la inquisición.”...
by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Jun 19, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Late last month I carefully packed up and drove all my belongings (too many, I worry) from Chicago to my new assignment in New England. I planned to drive by myself, rocking out to the various playlists on my iPod and making some hands-free phone calls en route....
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jun 19, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
You might have missed it because you’re not a sports fan generally. Or you might have missed it because when you see headlines about soccer, your mind reads, “dflsjafdsahijfdsajldfsan.” Regardless of the reason, there’s a good chance you missed Wright Thompson’s...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Jun 18, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Chili dogs and cheese nachos, sports jerseys and, well, sports. It’s game night, and nothing says America like game night. Despite our differences and warring team loyalties, united we rise, eyes fixed on the flag with hands over hearts. O say can you see, by the...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jun 16, 2013 | Papal Election ~ Approx. 3 mins
The New York Times went for the obvious headline — about the Pope talking about a “gay lobby” — and missed the chance to run this one: “Pope Says Don’t Worry About the Inquisition.” Confused? Let me explain. A Pope who’s very comfortable going off-script and...
by Paul Lickteig, SJ | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
It should not surprise regular readers that I am pretty stoked to see the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, in theaters now. However, I have a lingering fear that a whole spate of comments on how Superman somehow embodies elements of the Christ narrative will follow...
by The Jesuit Post | Jun 16, 2013 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 2min
Please join all of us here at TJP in thanking God for our sixteen Jesuit brothers, newly ordained to the priesthood over the last two weeks. Among them are a few familiar names from our pages: essayists Peter Folan and Jayme Stayer, and our own editor-in-chief, Paddy...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jun 14, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Andrew Greeley 1928 to last Thursday “Andrew Greeley, Priest; Wrote Steamy Novels” was how Chicago’s most famous presbyter feared his obituary would be headlined. And why not? He did write, in his much-reprinted 1982 novel The Cardinal Sins, “His touch was gentle...
