Colten Biro, S.J., traces Wonder Woman’s liberating journey from a Harvard-educated professor’s fetish to Gal Gadot
All posts by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ
Damian was a theatre artist (prior to becoming a Jesuit) in his hometown of Kansas City (the Missouri side) and Chicago — mostly playwriting, but dabbling in acting and directing as well. He is an avid belter of showtunes, performer of personal concerts in the car, writer, prayer partner, frequent movie goer, advocate of social justice, and spiritual director. He currently plays the role of deacon and serves at two parishes in Boston: St. Katherine Drexel and the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola. He will be ordained a priest in June 2023.
Joined in 2015 55 posts dbotellosj@thejesuitpost.org
Learning to Rejoice with Refugees
Joe Simmons, SJ learned that Jesuits can’t do it all on his visit to the Middle East. Thank God for that!
Happy Happy (Easter) Joy Joy
We asked The Jesuit Post contributors to share what Easter joy looks like for them. It got ridiculous really quickly: the Wendy’s frosty, an overly-excited view of a double rainbow, Carly Rae Jepson, etc. Share with us what Easter joy looks like for you.
The Right to Beautiful Things: Education as Transformation
In his Jesuit Post debut, Dan Dixon highlights the importance of beauty, the transformative power of education, and the inspiring work of a Fe y Alegría school.
5 Reasons to Avoid the Gym (or Why I Go to Church)
Between Crossfit reps, Brian Strassburger was able to muse about how new fitness programs have something in common with traditional church-going.
82 things that are weird, worrisome, or wonderful about America
After being away from the US for two years, Michael Rossmann shares the American cultural phenomena that have caught his attention.
Fashion Tips from a Time Lord
Resident parisitologist and fashion mogul John Shea considers how Doctor Who can help us decide what to wear.
Loving the Broken, or How the Church Becomes Real
Ryan Duns turns to the children’s classic “The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real” to learn how our sawdust hearts can continue to love our ragged, broken Church into reality.
Love in Camouflage
A college basketball game, to have been played on Veterans Day 2012 between Marquette and Ohio State, was cancelled. Alarmist pacifist idealist critic Joe Hoover asks uncomfortable questions never the less.