by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
If you set out to make a noble sacrifice, and it reminds people of Darth Vader leaving the murderous and repressive Galactic Empire in Star Wars — well, that probably means your soul-searching should have started a long, long time ago. That’s what happened to Goldman...
by Jason Brauninger, SJ | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom, for me and you. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. We all know that it was Louis Armstrong who, back in the day, sang those lovely words in his sandpaper voice (oh, go ahead and open the link and...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Have you named your WiFi router? When I fire up my laptop near the campus of Cal Berkeley, I get lots of options. I can join FrodoBaggins, 20 different versions of 2WIRE, Skynet, ChickMagnet (I doubt its effectiveness) and even a few that are so offensive I can’t...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Mar 13, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Several years ago, the cover of The Atlantic posed a provocative question: “Is Google making us Stoopid?” Nicholas Carr examined the possibility that recent technological advances have begun to change not only our relationship to information, but also the very way we...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
It all started yesterday. The Sunday I’d been waiting for. The night we discovered what the future will hold. Selection Sunday. March Madness begins. It might sound ridiculous, but I can’t talk about the tourney without mentioning Holy Week. Every three years or...
by Tony Lusvardi, SJ | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
In my current line of work—I’m the administrator of three small parishes on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota—I deal with a lot of funerals. I schedule them; I lead prayers; I empty the ashes out of the censer afterwards. And I’ve helped to bury everyone from...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Mar 12, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Many Catholics use Lent as a time to take advantage of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, particularly if they haven’t gone in a while. For me, the introspection of the season makes it a natural time to look at what areas of my relationships with God and other people...
by The Jesuit Post | Mar 12, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 2min
Despite the fact that Tim O’Brien kicked off the week by calling for us to just give up we’re back again, this time reviewing what was up with TJP during the second week of Lent. And just what was up, you ask? Well… Michael Rozier kicked off the...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Mar 11, 2012 | Lent, Spirituality ~ Approx. 1min
I was walking through campus today and I noticed that a few students were wearing similar hooded sweatshirts. Printed in bold white letters on the front of these navy blue hoodies were two words: Be Kind. My apologies to the younger crowd, but I’m a child of...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Mar 9, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
“All right, gentlemen, take a seat and get to work.” So began another end-of-day study period last week. One of my favorite students (not that teachers have favorites), who can do no wrong in my estimation (not that teachers are partial), floats in late, unphased by...
