by Sam Sawyer, SJ | May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’ve long since resigned myself to being the “tech guy” wherever I live. (Among the joys this brings to my life are: knowing where every WiFi access point is hidden in the ceilings, conversations that begin “I’m so glad to see you — my computer just crashed,” and...
by Matthew Dunch, SJ | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
At Xavier and at universities across the country it’s graduation season. I’ve been through many graduations before, but this is my first as a faculty member. My first impression: hey, this is much better seat, third row on the center aisle. My second and hopefully...
by Chris Schroeder, SJ | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
My dad went to bed during Game Six. That’s right, the Game Six. Allow me to pause here so that every Cardinals fan reading this can allow some sweet, sweet oxygen to flow back into their lungs, and so that I can explain to those of you who may not be baseball fans (or...
by The Jesuit Post | May 21, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1 min
It’s season finale week and there are graduations galore! Lots of people are moving on and moving out. Here at TJP, we also like to move it. Branden Busse looked at the joy and grief that come with moving on. Why are some movies so moving? Why does a late night...
by Jay Hooks | May 18, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Stephen Adly Guirgis is a New York playwright whose roots shine through every word of his craft. His characters step right out of a late night, Bronx-bound D train and don’t even pause to stub out their cigarettes before walking onstage. As they deliver their...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | May 17, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
We move a lot. For me, it’s the hardest part of this Jesuit life. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., often called the second founder of the Jesuits, once famously said that “there is nothing more practical than falling in love.” He failed to mention that, while it may be...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
I have a low-grade addiction to spy films. You know the type: snipers, secret (and double) agents, intrigue between government agencies…the works. At one point, shortly before I entered the Jesuits, my Netflix queue contained the entire James Bond series. There...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | May 15, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 6 mins
Is Facebook dying? If it died, would you miss it? I asked my students these questions a few weeks ago in class, after I read the piece “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” by Stephen Marche in the May issue of The Atlantic. (Tim O’Brien beat me to the punch on it by...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
You are a man. It’s 11 PM on a Tuesday. You’ve had a hard day at work, you’re not quite yet ready to go to bed, and you don’t want company. All you want to do is flip on the TV, turn on Sportscenter, and see who won the game. But then the commercials come on. And...
by Jason Brauninger, SJ | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Ever heard somebody say “I’m spiritual but not religious”? Of course you have. After all, recent reports are showing that 72% of people between 18 and 29 use this statement to describe themselves. I, perhaps not surprisingly (I am a Jesuit after all), fall into the...
