by Jason Welle | Jan 4, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Today marks three weeks from the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, CT; an event that removed any doubt that we live in a culture of death. While we continue to mourn the deaths in that massacre, we are left grappling with troubling questions about why these...
by Brian Konzman, SJ | Jan 4, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
What was the Niantic Project? Have you seen university professors being escorted from their lectures for their work on portals? Have you noticed suspicious behavior among your friends? Are your thoughts moving down paths they normally wouldn’t? Now, can you correlate...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
I don’t pretend to understand the economics of commercial radio. (I do get public radio: they beg for money periodically — much like Jesuits — and so effectively that even with a vow of poverty, I’ll toss a few dollars to my local station.) Somehow radio stations make...
by James Martin, SJ | Dec 31, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Editors note: this article was originally published by our good friends over at America Magazine. Just click here to read it there. *** Okay, we all like making lists of New Year’s Resolutions. And most of the time – well, much of the time – we have a...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Dec 31, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
5. Nas “Life is Good” My 10-year high school reunion is coming up and I think it’ll feel a lot like this album. Someone that you used to love who you haven’t seen in a long time has grown up and matured and has kids and loves them and, in seeing a...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Dec 30, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Saint Ignatius taught us that in order to see God at work in our life, we need to review our day and savor God’s presence. This is what the Examen is all about. With such savoring in mind, I think it’s only fitting that we review the year to call to mind God’s...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Dec 28, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Jenni Rivera 1969 to two weeks ago Sunday An airplane crash cut short the ambitious life of the “diva of banda.” She “founded and ran television production companies, a cosmetics company, and a real estate firm and a clothing company, which sells a line of jeans.”...
by Eric Ramirez, SJ | Dec 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a true work of art. The songs. Snoopy dancing around. The sad little Christmas tree that gets a little TLC at the end. Nearly everyone, I’d wager, has some warm memory of this Christmas cartoon. I can’t tell you how surprised I was...
by The Jesuit Post | Dec 26, 2012 | About TJP ~ Approx. 1 min
It was the middle of final exams — grading them or taking them, depending on where we are in formation — for most of us. But nonetheless, when our own Quang Tran floated the idea of doing the Twelve Days of Christmas, TJP style, our contributors and staff (and some of...
by Eric Ramirez, SJ | Dec 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
This is not my first Christmas away from home, and probably not my last. I’m in my second year living in the Eternal City studying theology at the Gregorian University, so last year I was in Europe as well. Don’t get me wrong; I love being here, but the fact is a big...
