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...
by Jason Welle | Jan 12, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
You’re probably familiar with The Most Interesting Man in the World. But what about The Happiest Man in the World? Well, his name was Huell Howser, and he died from cancer last Monday, January 7. For 19 years, Huell produced and hosted California’s Gold, a charming...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Duy Quang 1951 to three weeks ago Wednesday Indulge my Eurocentrism and let me call Quang the Jackie Jackson of Vietnam. The “eldest sibling in Vietnam’s most enduring singing family,” he’s kept fans in Vietnam and beyond enthralled with his velvet voice. He leaves...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Imagine you are Jesus, returning to Earth to hang out with folks for a few days – not the Second Coming, necessarily…just a few days in the old neighborhood. Surely people would recognize you by now – assuming you look how we think Jesus looked. Folks probably...
by Jake Martin, SJ | Jan 10, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Yesterday I found myself terrified of “liking” something a Jesuit friend had posted on Facebook, because I deemed it too “religious-y,” and thought, “What will my comedy friends think?” I spend the better part of my Facebook life in this internal tension of...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 8, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
It only struck me after the fact, (just in time for a few New Year’s resolutions…) but Santa’s fundamental question is a serious one: “What do you want for Christmas?” In the hurried callousness of our daily lives we fail to appreciate its substance; we presume it’s...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jan 8, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
We all love Les Misérables (okay, fine – most of us: American Idol veteran Adam Lambert is a notable exception). A key theme throughout is the generosity and self-offering of so many doomed, tragic characters. However we encounter the story, we are introduced to the...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jan 7, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
We Jesuits at The Post make it our mission to seek God in all things. We put great effort into parsing the sacred and secular amidst a bounty of holiday tunes. Well, seems like Sufjan Stevens is trying to put us out of a job. He does this better than we ever could....
