by Joe Simmons, SJ | Apr 14, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
A bearded young man sits a few rows from the stage in the Tabernacle, a concert hall in Atlanta, Georgia. Conan O’Brien, the famously ginger-haired comedian whose show is broadcasting live from Atlanta throughout the week, notices something unusual about the man....
by Jason Welle | Apr 11, 2013 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 2min
Green is looking like the official color of Magis & World Youth Day 2013. And we don’t just mean the fact that the Magis website is decked out with it. Safeguarding the environment is shaping up to be a major theme during this year’s pilgrimage to Brazil and Rio...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Apr 10, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Christians consider the Easter season to be a celebration of new life. In the northern hemisphere, it comes in springtime, as the Earth itself is reborn: plants, animals, even the weather comes anew to brightness out of the dark of winter. In this time when the...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Apr 9, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
I have news for you. We’re amateurs. We’re making this up as we go along. With few exceptions we are not professionally trained to do what we’re doing. I for one feel my amateur status pretty acutely. Sometimes the fact of my amateurism fills me with the voice of a...
by Phil Moller, SJ | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
In the three months or so since my arrival in this land of the free, I have been boring the locals silly with observations that inevitably begin “in Australia, we…” The cultural divide is much greater than I originally supposed, but in a good way. I am particularly...
by Jason Welle | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
What a list of firsts: first Latin American, first Jesuit, first to use the name Francis, first…Vatican entry for next month’s Eurovision Song Contest! You read that right! This is an exciting time in the Vatican. A sense of “newness” fills the Roman air. You’d...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
In this TJPodcast, Vinny Marchionni, SJ lets you know how to appreciate Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” chic and Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” lifestyle. Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” Macklemore’s...
by The Jesuit Post | Apr 7, 2013 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 3 mins
As we continue the Easter celebrations, it’s time for a quick look back at the last two weeks of TJP, covering everything from science and technology (parasites, evolution, and internet attacks) to nostalgia (baseball, The Velveteen Rabbit, and 50 years...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Apr 4, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
On Opening Day, hope springs eternal. (Unless you’re a Chicago Cubs fan, in which case, 100 losses goes well with a Chicago Dog). By mid-May, most of our pennant dreams are dashed and we’ll be content with the belief that maybe, hopefully our teams will be in wild...
by Mario Powell, SJ | Apr 3, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
On April 4, 1968, 45 years ago today, the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. This I remember. What I often forget is that King was assassinated while preparing for a march in support of striking sanitation workers. Dr. King was moved by the deaths of...
