by Joe Hoover, SJ | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
Briggs wandered into my room, lips and fingers orange, hair defiant, shirt disintegrating, hulls of cheese popcorn and confused exhilirated women swirling like whitecaps in his wake. The air in the room swooped out, replaced only by the personal atmosphere of Briggs....
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jul 30, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
The 2012 Olympic Games are now underway in London, and the media can’t get enough. In addition to the usual Bob Costas marathon, there’s also been fashion coverage of the Opening Ceremony, a fascinating glimpse at just how many calories the athletes must consume for...
by The Jesuit Post | Jul 29, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 2min
Having properly caffeinated ourselves early on Monday morning, we here at TJP proceeded to walk through San Quentin State Prison’s Death Row with chaplain Fr. George Williams, SJ. After letting us in on the fact that he celebrates Mass in Kevlar vest, he wrote:...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
There’s is a bumper sticker that really grinds my gears–at least during the Olympics. It reads: “God Bless the World, No Exceptions.” That sentiment was fine for the past three years and 50 weeks since Beijing 2008. But for the next two weeks of London 2012? No...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jul 27, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
Last week I shared a story about the nerve-wracking experience of buying my first clerical shirt. The discomfort I experienced walking into the clerical goods store to buy that shirt had less to do with the shirt itself and much more to do with the way it altered my...
by Ryan Duns, SJ | Jul 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
Editor’s Note: prior letters to a young atheist can be found here: letter one, letter two, letter three and letter four. *** Dear Timmy, I delighted the other morning when you stopped me in the hall to say that you were puzzled by Aquinas’s minimalism when it...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jul 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
My school recently bought a puppy. That’s right, Chicago Jesuit Academy (the very same school that brought you the popular prepubescent Examen) is the proud new owner of Bodie, a half-German Shepherd, half-Labrador ball of oh-so-cute fur. Seriously, what’s cuter than...
by Jay Hooks | Jul 24, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Editors Note: This is the 3rd installment of our summer series, Journey Moments. If you missed the earlier installments you can find the intro here, the first post on the Migrant Corridor here, and the second post on pilgrimage as a spirituality of seeking here. It’s...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Jul 24, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
“Buon giorno – io sono un gesuita dagli Stati Uniti,” is what I wanted to say. But my basic Italian would serve me quite poorly in Krakow. The elderly Polish brother, Augustyn, who welcomed me to the Jesuit community there gave me a polite look...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jul 23, 2012 | MAG+S & WYD ~ Approx. 2 mins
Catalonia, Spain, August 2011: After three days hiking — dripping with sweat, longing for a shower (or even a fountain in the town square) — we’d covered more than 42.5 miles. Once we set out pads and sleeping bags, and after putting the chairs on top of the tables to...
