As much as new life is growing outside, Michael Rossmann reflects on how May is often a month of hard goodbyes and having one’s roots ripped out.
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Michael, the former editor-in-chief of The Jesuit Post, joined the Jesuits in 2007 after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. He was ordained a priest in 2017 and is currently working on a doctorate at the Gregorian University in Rome. He enjoys mushroom hunting, the NBA, and cheap Indian buffets. Goals in life include meeting Tina Fey and getting people to spell his last name with two N’s.
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One Friend to Another: Jesuit Bragging
Michael Rossmann highlights some pieces from The Jesuit Post in the past month and writes about how “Jesuits love bragging about other Jesuits.”
My Basketball Dream Team of Saints
During the glorious season of March Madness, Michael Rossmann wonders which saints would form the greatest basketball team on heaven or earth.
One (Jesuit) Friend to Another
Editor-in-Chief Michael Rossmann announces our exciting new partnership with America Media.
Happy Public Sleeping Day!
In celebration of another random but wonderful holiday, Michael Rossmann extols the virtues of taking a nap in public.
One Friend to Another: Seeing Goodness
Covered by snow or mistakes or imperfection, goodness just might be underneath the surface. Michael Rossmann unearths a theme from posts in the last month and notes how spending more time trying to see the good around him is just what he needs.
One Friend to Another: Reintroducing The Jesuit Post
Wanting to talk about sacred and secular stuff without being a religious weirdo, new TJP Editor in Chief Michael Rossmann traces the unlikely things that led him to the Jesuits and reintroduces The Jesuit Post.
The Articles from 2014 That Made Me Think, Laugh, and Cry
Michael Rossmann loves talking about what he has read recently. Here he recaps the best he read in 2014 and invites you to make your own recommendations.
8 Proofs that John the Baptist was the Proto-Hipster
Is there a patron saint of hipsters? Michael Rossmann knows who it should be.