by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jan 23, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
Editor’s Note: Now that TJP assistant editor Tim O’Brien has picked himself up off the floor, he’s ready for Part 2 of our interview with the (still anonymous) creator of the hugely popular tumblr, ‘Mary is My Homegirl‘ (MIMHG). And if you missed Part 1…...
by Eric Ramirez, SJ | Jan 23, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
The answer was a clear no. Responding to the “We the People” petition requesting the secession of Texas from the U.S. after President Obama won reelection, the White House explained that the goal of the Constitution was to create a better union and “not provide a...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Jan 22, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Condense the gospel reading into 140 characters? You must be mad! That’s probably true, but it’s never stopped us before. Everyday for the past month @TheJesuitPost has been spinning the daily gospel reading with #GospelTJP.1 #Gospel TJP is a new project with...
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...
