by Ryan Duns, SJ | Jun 12, 2013 | Papal Election ~ Approx. 3 mins
As a teacher, there are times when you need to abandon the prepared script and go “class rogue.” Because it’s off-script and a breach of the usual operating procedure, students are generally willing to take these conversations with the utmost seriousness....
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
It’s moving time. Recently, I finished my “First Studies” as a Jesuit at the lovely Fordham University in New York City. And now I am in the process of starting a new assignment at Creighton University in Omaha, NE. Having spent almost 3 years in NYC, I am feeling...
by Eric Ramirez, SJ | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
What do you get when you cross Donnie Darko and your Sunday Comics? YouTube channel Gritty Reboots thinks they know. In the current trend of reminiscing about childhood memories, Gritty Reboots has put together a pretty incredible trailer for an (as yet) unmade movie...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jun 9, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
A judge once asked Charlie Sheen why someone like him, handsome and famous, would have to pay for sex. Mr. Sheen explained that he didn’t pay people to have sex – he paid them to leave. Similar things could be said of many cheap intimacies in our lives. In the...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jun 6, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
I went to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival five Junes ago. It was a wonderful time of checking out new bands like Grupo Fantasma, Back Door Slam, and Lez Zeppelin, seeing legends like Robert Plant, B.B. King, and Pearl Jam, and being in the pit for my all-time...
by Jason Welle | Jun 5, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 2 mins
With only 40 days to go, high school, college, and university students from all around the world are gearing up to embark on a global pilgrimage like no other: Magis and World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At Seattle University, fifteen students, alumni, and...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Jun 3, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
I have a hypothesis that there are two types of churchgoers. There are those who arrive early and create a nest of coats and purses, staking out space in the pew of their choosing. Then there are those of us who stroll in halfway through the opening song to find...
by John Shea, SJ | Jun 3, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
Doctor Who shaped my sartorial style. Each incarnation1 of the time traveling alien Time Lord always wears the same set of distinctive clothes. With every regeneration comes not only a new face, but a new wardrobe. I laughed watching the fourth Doctor pick out his...
by Chris Schroeder, SJ | Jun 3, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
We all know that God wrote the Bible. What this tumblr presupposes is… maybe Wes Anderson did? And before the letters start pouring in: yes, I know that Catholic teaching doesn’t say that God wrote (you know, pen to paper) the Bible. But you try to come up with a...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | May 30, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Ray Manzareck 1939 to last Monday You could say that Mr. Manzarek finally broke on through to the other side. The Chicago-born ‘Doors’ keyboardist earned his fame playing organ licks behind the sultry moans and wild life of the all-too-soon departed Jim...
