by Joe Simmons, SJ | Mar 26, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
You may have heard the story about the rabbi and his young son. The boy liked to wander in the woods every day when he got home from school. At first, the rabbi let him wander, but over time he grew concerned. The woods were dangerous and the father did not know what...
by Jeff Johnson, SJ | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Perhaps I live a sheltered life, but only recently did I meet for the first time a holocaust denier. At a wedding reception I sat next to an octogenarian relative of the groom. He was charming in the best sense of the word, gentlemanly in the gentlest of ways. His...
by The Jesuit Post | Mar 26, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1 min
Despite the unfortunate absence of any Jesuit teams from the Elite Eight with Xavier’s loss to Baylor, March has still been mad here at TJP, with Perry Petrich doing some video commentary for the Ignatian News Network. But of course, even in March there’s...
by Matthew Dunch, SJ | Mar 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
In my (all-too-frequent) immodest moments, I like to think that what I teach in my Ethics and Epistemology classes is priceless. My students think so too. Knowing the difference between a priori and a posteriori will make them exactly zero dollars they tell me....
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
TJP’s Perry Petrich sounds off the about the only two Jesuit teams to make the Sweet Sixteen (of the original eight invited to the big dance). Unfortunately for Marquette fans, Perry’s predictions about the Golden Eagles didn’t pan out last night. As a proud alumnus...
by Kevin O'Brien, SJ | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from The Ignatian Adventure by Kevin O’Brien, SJ, copyright 2011 by Loyola Press. This is reprinted with permission of Loyola Press. To order copies please call 1-800-621-1008 or go to www.loyolapress.com/obrien. Thanks for...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Mar 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
I would like to claim, unsupported by any actual “facts” or “evidence” mind you, that the word dystopia has been used more frequently to describe Susanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (Now a Major Motion Picture!) than any book since Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World...
by Kevin O'Brien, SJ | Mar 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from The Ignatian Adventure by Kevin O’Brien, SJ, copyright 2011 by Loyola Press. This is reprinted with permission of Loyola Press. To order copies please call 1-800-621-1008 or go to www.loyolapress.com/obrien. In our...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Mar 21, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
I spent most of my life telling myself that I should have been someone else. I should have been stronger than I was, I should have been thinner than I am, I should have learned to dance or play baseball. But I didn’t. The moment I decided to be a Jesuit was the moment...
by Kevin O'Brien, SJ | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from The Ignatian Adventure by Kevin O’Brien, SJ, copyright 2011 by Loyola Press. This is reprinted with permission of Loyola Press. To order copies please call 1-800-621-1008 or go to www.loyolapress.com/obrien. In our...
