by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | May 9, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
My favorite music genre is classic rock and metal. When I arrived at Saint Louis University three years ago, I was proud that my iTunes was full of “real music,” music that had stood the test of time and did not bend in the breeze of pop culture. I did not expect the...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | May 9, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 5 mins
A few weeks ago I got a glimpse of the pride – and protectiveness – I think a parent might feel for her child. And it felt awesome. It happened because we were rolling out the first-ever Kairos retreat for the seniors at our Jesuit high school. But before I get ahead...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | May 8, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
How do our communities handle disruptive, or even dangerous, children and teenagers? In the judicial system, answering that question has always been a difficult and often tense undertaking. Is a young person who commits a criminal act a criminal? Or just under a...
by Brian Konzman, SJ | May 7, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
As a grad student, I find myself more and more in denial as the semester’s impending end trundles closer, its end bringing papers, comprehensive exams, late nights, and fleeting, passionate affairs with caffeine. In my quest for ever-dwindling moments of diversion,...
by Michael Rozier, SJ | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
As a religious person in the field of global health, I both smile and cringe at the number of my religious friends who have taken an interest in global health. If my Facebook newsfeed is any indication, international medical mission trips are the new weekend retreat....
by Quang Tran, SJ | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Back on April 29, Ben Affleck joined thousands of others who were taking the weeklong Live Below the Line challenge by living on $1.50 worth of food and drink per day. The goal was to raise awareness of the extreme poverty that 1.4 billion people live in. Almost...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | May 3, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
“In you God’s love is revealed,” the USCCB wrote of gay people. Vague, no? Couldn’t you say that about any person? What does that actually mean? Well, this week’s given me some idea. The NBA might not be the place we look to for...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | May 2, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
God did not make death, nor does God rejoice in the destruction of the living. Wisdom 1:13 Today’s Throwback Thursday goes all the way back to May 1, 2011, when President Obama interrupted our regularly-scheduled programming to confirm that Navy SEAL Team Six had...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | Apr 30, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
The NBA and NHL seasons have ended and now the real seasons begin: the Playoffs. Playoffs, you ask? Yes, the Playoffs. But before we talk about playoffs, it seems pertinent to talk about the value of regular season. In a strike shortened NHL season, the Chicago...
by Jay Hooks | Apr 30, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” I really wanted to believe that Benjamin Franklin said that. For years, I did believe it. But according to Bob Skilnik, a grand poobah of beer history, our revered kite-flier did not in fact say this. What...
