by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jun 11, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
We live in the era of reality television, so who, in the year 2012, is going to fund an effort to produce high-quality films about the lives of the saints? Actually, you are — or at least, that’s what some young Catholic filmmakers hope....
by Michael Rozier, SJ | Jun 10, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
I recently turned 30. Aside from the creeping guilt that I haven’t done anything of note (use this website when you are feeling a little overconfident), I also felt the impending doom of my body falling apart. From some reason, the need for regular colonoscopies and...
by The Jesuit Post | Jun 10, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1min
No place is God-forsaken, as Brendan Busse reminds us — not even, may we be so bold to claim, as the virtual space of the internet. God shows up here too, and that’s why we spend so much time hanging out here as well, in the watchtower, as Brendan puts it,...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jun 8, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
There may be some truth to the rumors that TJP hasn’t exactly shied away from some bait & switch headlines (c’mon Sam, nobody actually thought they could pass for a computer), but this time I promise an honest title for a rare Saturday morning piece....
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jun 6, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Everywhere you turn these days, women religious (you know, nuns and sisters) seem to be in the headlines. First, the Vatican’s Congregation on the Doctrine of the Faith “Doctrinal Assessment” of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious triggered...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jun 5, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Something awesome is happening this weekend, something even bigger than the opening of Prometheus. UEFA Euro 2012 will kick off on June 8th. Over the following weeks, the 16 teams will battle it out in one of the world’s best and most celebrated soccer competitions....
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Jun 5, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Do you ever find yourself saying, “I don’t know what came over me”? Or, “I guess I just don’t feel like myself today”? It usually happens when you’re out of sorts – under a lot of pressure, stressed or stuck in a funk. Or when something in life comes unraveled. ...
by Jeff Johnson, SJ | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
My wife and I both love the show and can’t wait for the next ones. I am 63 and my wife is 52. I can’t help but think how we would have done were we in our early 20’s now. Truthfully, it wasn’t much different. Similar mistakes and missteps...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jun 4, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Every twenty years or so we Jesuits will have what we call a “General Congregation.” It’s where an elected group of us get together to discuss the future of our Society and to select our leader, the Father General. As is well known, it’s impossible for Jesuits to get...
by The Jesuit Post | Jun 4, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1 min
This week, Matt Spotts reminded us that most important kind of prayer is the one you actually pray — or what his spiritual director calls the spirituality of showing up. Something analogous applies, we suspect, both to posting on the web, and maybe even to reading on...
