by Joe Simmons, SJ | Nov 22, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Since my early childhood I have marveled at spider webs. A spider silently weaves and bobs in her little corner of the universe to create a web. I’d find them in our old house, or in the forest behind grandma’s house. Playing the less-than-benevolent child-god, I...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Nov 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
All the way from the Vietnamese village in New Orleans East – officially known as the Village de l’Est – is TJP’s own Quang Tran, with a homespun eulogy for… The Twinkie.1 Take us down to The Crescent City, Quang. Cover photo by shaggyshoo at Flickr Blues guitar by...
by The Jesuit Post | Nov 21, 2012 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 1 min
If you were going to get a bunch of young people together which city would you choose? Cleveland! Obviously we’re kidding! (Although we’ve heard that the kids just love those flammable rivers)1. But if you can’t get to Cleveland, why not head to...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Nov 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
It’s not clear if Justin Bieber – the singer of “Never Let You Go” and “Boyfriend” – actually “let” Selena Gomez “go.” Some sources say it was likely the other way around. What is clear is that the Biebs and Sel are no longer together, and like any...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Nov 20, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
In April 2012, Harry Styles, One Direction’s floppy-haired frontman, was googled 15 million times.1 He beat out ‘Secret Service’ which, fresh off its sex scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, garnered more than three million searches and Mitt Romney...
by Matt Stewart, SJ | Nov 20, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Oh thanksgiving! Oh oh oh, thanksgiving! The time-honored American holidays where we celebrate not with elaborate rituals (Christmas trees, Halloween costumes, or even heart-shaped Tums with pithy phrases on them) but just by eating too much. At this point cultural...
by The Jesuit Post | Nov 19, 2012 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 1 min
What if Ignatius Had a Smartphone? Better bet he’d be using it for the greater glory. We’ve got two opportunities for you to do the same: Here at The Jesuit Post we’re sponsoring a Photo Contest to promote Magis 2013. We asked you all to submit...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Nine year-old Sam Gordon (that’s short for Samantha) has compiled pretty impressive stats in her all-boy Utah Pee Wee Football league. They are stats that any fantasy football owner would envy. At first glance, this “Good Morning America” segment felt so saccharine...
by Michael Rozier, SJ | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
One of John Kavanaugh’s greatest gifts, and there were many, was the ability to take a complex, clouded issue and place his finger on its exact center. Reading one of his essays or sifting through one of his books is rather like walking through a labyrinth:...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Cleve Duncan 1934 to last Wednesday Duncan sang tenor for the Penguins’s decouple-platinum 1954 doo-wop hit ‘Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)’. He leaves behind Marty McFly, who without this ballad at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance would have ceased to exist and...
