Homelessness in America, especially in California, is a growing crisis that is often ignored. Yet, Christ identified himself explicitly with those who “have no place to lay there heads.” James Millikan, SJ, reflects on one Jesuit ministry’s response to serve our brothers and sisters on the streets.
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James is a graduate student at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California. He previously taught mathematics and chaired the department at Verbum Dei Jesuit High School in Los Angeles, where he also coached soccer and led the school’s integral ecology initiative. He holds degrees from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, Seattle University, and ITESO, the Jesuit University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Joined in 2022 jmillikansj@thejesuitpost.org
5 postsHow Chaplains Heal the Beleaguered Self
When illness strikes, it can’t be life-hacked away. Reflecting on his time as a hospital chaplain, James shares how he witnessed the healing power of compassion, hope, and prayer.
Integral Ecology Lessons from Chiapas’s Tzeltal people
Do you know what ‘integral ecology’ means? Pope Francis talks about its importance in his landmark encyclical “Laudato Si,” written in 2015. Learn how an indigenous community is living out a vision of integral ecology to uphold not only their culture but creation as well.
Why Jesuit Schools Love Sports: An Explainer
Winning championships is nice, but character development is mission critical.
Letting go of the illusion of control
Only three days earlier I had professed my first vows in Los Angeles; now I was being asked to make yet another solemn profession: I would seek no ransom for my release in the event of my kidnapping.