by Brendan Busse, SJ | Sep 17, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
The current event combers over at The Daily Beast drew my attention to sociologist Peter Berger’s recent blog on beards. If you’ve read my bio here at TJP you’ll understand how my editor/friends may have played a role in my finding this piece. “Busse on Beards? Too...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Sep 16, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
On Friday evening, I stood in a line in the Bronx, waiting to get the colored plastic bracelet that would get me VIP access into a crowded venue. Before anyone gets concerned that I’m endangering my vows, let me point out that the Cardinal Archbishop of New York was...
by The Jesuit Post | Sep 16, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1min
In breaking news (and also breaking our maxim to “not publish new stories on the Sabbath”), Cardinal Dolan and Stephen Colbert got together at Fordham University to tell jokes… or, really, to talk about faith and joy. A couple of us here at TJP got...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Sep 14, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
This week’s all about writers: men who penned words and men who penned music. (Yes, all men. I reaffirm my thesis that women and minorities share some kind of immortality.) Two wrote songs, two created unforgettable moments and three were journalists. There must be...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Sep 13, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Each year, Jesuits are given the opportunity to make an 8-day retreat, and not so long ago, I made my own. For me, it is an important time to be in God’s presence, to take stock of the last year, and to rekindle graces from previous retreats. Oh, and to read. My...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Sep 12, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Until middle school, I watched Bill Nye the Science Guy religiously on PBS Kids. I recall vividly the episode when he placed a piece of sodium into water. It swirled and danced around the beaker before bursting into flames. I was amazed, ‘stoked’ even. Nye’s youthful...
by The Jesuit Post | Sep 11, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
Editor’s Note: the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE is always the most popular pro sports league in the country – we couldn’t let TJP miss out on week one. So we emailed four questions to Real Steel fans Vinny Marchionni and Matt Spotts, and let them fight...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Sep 11, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’m trying something new. Well, it’s not really new in the “never-been-tried-before” sense. It’s more like new in the “new-to-me-but-recommended-by-friends-and-proverbial-wisdom” sense, or the...
by Matthew Dunch, SJ | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
My boss, Richard Polt, thinks that I’m human. In a philosophy department, this is a big deal, because of the tendency both fellow philosophers and the media have of telling me that I’m a machine or a beast. My ethics can be illuminated by the behavior of termites. My...
by John Shea, SJ | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
“God Hates Comedy Musicians.” Or so goes the refrain to a raunchy but funny song by Cirque du So What (don’t read the rest of the lyrics if you’re easily offended). The song describes how comedy musicians suffer from having a small fan base while lamenting that “all...
