by Chris Schroeder, SJ | Nov 5, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Is nothing sacred anymore? I admit it, that’s probably a melodramatic overreaction, but was I the only one caught off guard by last summer’s reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise? I mean, here was a successful series of movies, the oldest one being just ten years...
by The Jesuit Post | Nov 4, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1 min
We kicked off November, appropriately enough, with a focus on saints: Joe Simmons reflected on the (newly canonized) Kateri Tekakwitha, wondering how good we are at recognizing miracles; and Vinny Marchionni was ready to call for instant canonization — santo subito!...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Nov 2, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Danny Sims 1936 to four weeks ago Wednesday In 1968, Sims heard the next Bob Dylan. He was down in Jamaica at a Rastafarian festival when he “was impressed by a young singer named Bob Marley.” He hired him to write songs for Johnny Nash but Reggae wasn’t in style...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Much digital ink has been spilt over the ways social media may isolate us from each other. Just at The Jesuit Post, Tim O’Brien, Paddy Gilger, and Joe Simmons have each written eloquently on the topic. To quote Jules Winnfield, “Well allow me to retort!” On August 27,...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | Oct 31, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Halloween conjures images of horror movies, haunted houses, and inventive costumes. As a young adult it also makes me wistful for yester-year: trampling on leaves, using copious amount of red dye corn syrup to create flesh wounds, yelling “Trick-or-Treat!” and eating...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
I’m sure I’m supposed to be doing something relevant to the betterment of humanity right now… but instead, for the last 15 or whatever minutes, I’ve been mesmerized by the white-etched lines of wind on this map of the United States. Take a...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Recently, the folks over at The Christian Century have been challenging some well-known Christian authors to work with fewer words, asking them to summarize the gospel in seven words or less. (They were also given “a few sentences” to explain their seven-word...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Oct 30, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
This piece debuted in October 2012, around the time of the canonization of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. This past weekend witnessed the canonization of seven new saints in Rome. For holy men or women to be recognized as capital-S Saints in the Catholic Church, typically...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Faith grows when it is lived as an experience of love received and when it is communicated as an experience of grace and joy. –Pope Benedict XVI Back in 2010, Lady Gaga joined the list of celibate stars who openly spoke about the values of abstaining from sex until...
by Joe Hoover, SJ | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
I love this exchange between athlete and announcer. I love it because it is neither a canned, in-depth, “serious” interview wherein time must be carved away from football talk to get deep into this wide receiver’s personal and spiritual conversion....
