by Joe Simmons, SJ | Dec 24, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
In her book Acedia & Me, writer Kathleen Norris recounts a story that is at once heartbreaking and hopeful: I once observed a girl about four years old find a coin on the floor of a post office. ‘Look, Momma, a penny,’ she said. Her mother, busy with the clerk at...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Dec 24, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
In just a few weeks, on January 6, the third series of the hit show “Downton Abbey” will premiere on PBS. As previous posts may suggest, I’m looking forward to the new season – but am not quite wishing it were January 6 already (school starts on January 7 after all,...
by The Jesuit Post | Dec 23, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 3 mins
On the eve of Christmas Eve, here’s what TJP did this Advent, in this edition of Weeks* in Review. (By the way: be sure to check out the site on Christmas — we’ve got a surprise for you, a present for our readers.) TJP’s Top Two If you’re only...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Dec 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
There’s only one thing we can be sure of, and that is the love that we have — for our children, for our families, for each other. The warmth of a small child’s embrace — that is true. The memories we have of them, the joy that they bring, the wonder we see...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Dec 21, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
I (not-so-secretly) love the radio show This American Life. This should not surprise you. I fit their demographic perfectly. I’m educated, socially concerned, a fan of independent music and film; I love story. Most of all, I’m a member of a generation that’s...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | Dec 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Scrolling through the channels a few nights ago, the following were my late night options: FX–Forgetting Sarah Marshall TBS–Night at the Museum 2 HBO–The Sitter Encore–Moneyball On Demand–21 Jump Street TBS–The 40 Year Old Virgin Encore 2–Get Him to the Greek...
by The Jesuit Post | Dec 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
A teacher in my high school made a point of showing the movie Rudy every semester. And, every semester, when Rudy was told that he was not good enough for Notre Dame students would hear, every semester, muffled sobs from the back of the classroom. Every single time...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Nineteen year old Angus T. Jones from the sitcom “Two and a Half Men” officially joined the Seventh-Day Adventist Church this past June and dissed the sitcom in a testimony and interview that just aired on November 30. He pleaded, “If you watch ‘Two and a Half Men,’...
by Joe Hoover, SJ | Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
In the end we didn’t get our game. There was condensation on the hardwood floor they had laid down on that aircraft carrier. Military personnel were trying to wipe it off and it kept coming. Too hot down there in the waters of Charleston Harbor on that early November...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Dec 15, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
If you’re thinking about going to see “The Hobbit,” released this last weekend, TJP’s Matt Stewart has some advice for you: go. In a review published yesterday by America Magazine, Stewart relates his positive reaction (Well…mostly positive. It is a review after...
