by Peter Folan, SJ | Feb 27, 2013 | Papal Election ~ Approx. 1 min
If you have already grown tired of the seemingly endless speculation over who is and who isn’t papabile – a likely candidate to become pope – consider enacting a self-imposed media blackout for the next two weeks or so. Things are about to...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
If you pay any attention at all to politics, you are likely to have heard some ominous-sounding discussion about the “sequester.” A good number if political and economic energy is being expended these days to either stop it, or to learn how to deal with it....
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
John Donne is perhaps best known for tormenting high school students everywhere. I’m willing to bet that many of you remember reading and analyzing, under threat of a poor grade, Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.” Or, if you don’t remember it, I’ll still...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Feb 26, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
As pregnancies go, ‘Lisa’ was born far sooner than expected. At least that’s what I told Miss Leah in my kindergarten Montessori class some 25 years ago. When my dad picked me up from school that day, Miss Leah ducked her head into the car to wish my dad...
by James Martin, SJ | Feb 25, 2013 | Papal Election ~ Approx. 6 mins
Editors note: this article was originally published by our good friends over at America Magazine. Just click here to read it there. *** Dear Cardinals: Eminences, I know you’ve got a tough job coming up in the conclave. You have to do the impossible: elect a guy who...
by Eric Ramirez, SJ | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
The Puritan. The Goat Pharaoh. The Spurgeon. The Boy-Band Church Planter. No. These aren’t the names of dance trends that have failed to make the rounds of YouTube, they’re the creatively-titled styles of beards that make up a list compiled by the Out of...
by The Jesuit Post | Feb 24, 2013 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 3 mins
Alright, real talk: last week might have been a bit of a slow one for the ol’ TJP staff. In our defense, the Pope resigned the week before and we were tuckered out. All we were left with was to trust in your continued generosity Oh Readers of Ours… oh,...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Buck Biggers 1927 to last Sunday A real life Don Draper (read: 60s ad executive), Buck Biggers (an ad exec name if there ever was one) was charged with developing a mascot for General Mills cereal–some symbol that would do the seeming impossible, uniting...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Feb 21, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Editor’s Note: This is the latest installment of our new series for “Throwback Thursdays” or #tbt. Also check out Vinny’s piece for Valentine’s Day. First-graders tend not to pick up on the gravity of news stories. You could add me to...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Feb 19, 2013 | Blogs, Papal Election ~ Approx. 4 mins
Upon learning that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy later this month I took the only logical step: I visited the 21st century Delphi (ahem, the twitterverse) to see what the Oracle (Nate Silver) had to say about the upcoming conclave. Having won his fame...
