by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Aug 29, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
There’s a (pseudo) famous and (completely) accurate saying about Jesuits that goes something like this: ask three Jesuits what they think and you’ll get five opinions back. Maybe that’s why it’s not surprise that a few weeks back Jayme Stayer,...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Aug 28, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
This past week, legendary American cyclist Lance Armstrong announced he would no longer fight accusations that he had used and distributed performance enhancing drugs. The consequences? A life-time ban from the sport he made so popular, being summarily stripped of his...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Aug 28, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Let’s get the easy part out of the way: Rep. Todd Akin’s now globally infamous remarks that pregnancy does not result from cases of “legitimate” rape were wrong. Biologically, Rep. Akin’s assertion is absurd to the point of being nonsensical. Women who have become...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Aug 27, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
It’s been a really long week for Cecilia Giménez. Never heard of her before? Join the club. But though she’s not a household name, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen her artwork, which has been flooding facebook and tumblr feeds since she became an international...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Aug 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Kyle’s father was a practical joker, the kind of man who didn’t let worries about little things like, oh, setting up his toddler for traumatic moments get in the way of a good laugh. Which (mostly) explains why Kyle’s father, for the first five and a half...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Aug 24, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
We’re all gonna die. And you ain’t never seen a U-Haul towed by a hearse. We can’t take anything with us but we sure as hell leave stuff behind. In that spirit, we introduce “You Can’t Take It With You,” a column that will profile the recently deceased and what...
by The Jesuit Post | Aug 24, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1 min
We liked our first Month in Review so much that we decided to double down — and review July before we run out of time in August! And by the way … we also recruited Fr. James Martin, SJ to talk about some of the best articles from TJP’s first summer. Watch to the...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
In a world full of perplexing questions, one is still pretty simple. Ask someone “does evil exist?” and you can usually expect a pretty rapid answer. Often data from one’s own life experience–betrayal by a friend or loved one, witnessing an act of violence, etc.–will...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
I did not want to write this piece. There’s less danger in wearing a Derek Jeter jersey to Fenway Park on Patriots’ Day than in delving into the question of how faith and Church teaching should inform decisions in the voting booth. I can think of no other topic...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Aug 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
For years, Csanad Szegedi was a leader and member of Hungary’s anti-Semitic Jobbik Party. His strongly nationalist views played a part in his rise to prominence, and Jews were among his favored targets. Until recently, that is. In a twist straight out of Star Wars, it...
