by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
January 11 was National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Like the toil and tragedy of the life of the enslaved, this day came and went without much publicity or awareness on the part of the general public. Faithworks – courtesy of Catholic Relief Services – has a...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jan 20, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
2013 marks the 99th birthday of the famous Fellowship of Reconciliation. Back in 1958 a vibrant 45 year-old FOR published a slim memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in order to tell the incredible story of the now famous Montgomery bus boycott to a wider...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | Jan 19, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Celebrity vs. Saint! Stealing a page (yes, I just took the whole page) out of the playbook of the great Dr. Jack Ramsey (and, yes, Bill Simmons) I’m planning for this to be a running feature where I’ll pit a saint...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jan 18, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Frank Page 1925 to last Wednesday Frank was the first to put Elvis in front of a live, radio audience on his show, The Louisiana Hayride. He leaves behind this seminal recording and a whole new way of looking at what the pelvis can do: Aaron Swartz 1986 to Friday Mr....
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jan 17, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Flight–a film whose mediocrity garnered but two Oscar nominations–begins with a bleary-eyed and sex-addled Denzel Washington snorting hotel-room cocaine to fight off a hangover. Did I mention he’s on the way to work? Where he’ll fly an airplane? That he’ll...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jan 16, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
Editor’s Note: The creator of the popular tumblr ‘Mary is My Homegirl’ (MIMHG) is probably the coolest graduate student in Catholic theology. Ever. To protect her against the jealousy of those bested for that title (including a few contributors to...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jan 15, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 9 mins
Today is the octave of my alma mater’s (crushing) defeat at the gloved hands and curled biceps and steely jaws of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Which means I’ve had eight days to soak myself in the gall of an all-but-undefeated football season.1 Which...
by Kevin O'Brien, SJ | Jan 15, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Editor’s note: Fr. Jim Schall, SJ – author of over forty books, teacher of thousands, devotee of the classics, professor of political theory, believer in the unity of reason and faith – retired from Georgetown University just over a month ago. His...
by Brian Konzman, SJ | Jan 14, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Move over, Blue Planet. NASA’s got something that’ll blow you right out of the water. Welcome to Earth: the Black Marble. You may remember Black Marble’s older sibling, Blue Marble, the famous photograph taken of earth by the crew of Apollo 17. That photo has been...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Jan 14, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
He lived a great life, lived it well. Graduated high school early so he could enlist and fight in World War II. Was there at the Battle of the Bulge. Returned to Chicago and worked his way through night school to support his family. Got a job. Showed up. Laughed...
