Paddy Gilger temporarily joins the Class of 2016, and feels just a bit old doing so, by taking a closer look at this year’s Mindset List.
All posts by Paddy Gilger, SJ
Fr. Paddy Gilger, SJ is an amateur sociologist-and-philosopher but a professional Milwaukee Brewers fan. He lived and worked at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge reservation and later at St. John's Parish at Creighton University. He was ordained a priest in 2013. Paddy is the founding Editor-in-Chief of The Jesuit Post.
Joined in 2012 29 posts pgilgersj@thejesuitpost.org @paddygilgersj
Ignatian Lenses on Violence
A new video from the Ignatian News Network has Paddy Gilger wondering how to look at the shootings in Aurora.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Paddy Gilger wants you (a) to be his neighbor, and (b) to see what Fred Rogers can still teach us.
A Request
…no, it’s actually a request like the title says, I promise…
NCAA vs NBA: Episode 3
Paddy Gilger adds his own spin to the NCAA vs NBA debate. Don’t worry, we’re stopping at three. If it goes on any longer it’ll be just as ridiculous as the never ending NBA playoffs.
Alone Together
Despite Paddy Gilger’s worries that all our digital connections may prevent actual conversations, he still gets the shakes if you tell him he can’t play New World Colony.
The Hunger Games
Paddy Gilger confesses that he likes to argue “unsupported by actual facts or evidence” but this time we think his claims about dystopia are right on the money.
TJP Video: Paul Simon and Jesuit Missionaries
After Jay Hooks attempts to justify the existence of Compact Discs, he tells us why Paul Simon’s “Graceland” reminds him of Jesuit Missionaries.
The Philippi Sessions & Alan Lomax
Paddy Gilger, who claims to have been a hipster before hipsters were hipsters, takes us back to the origins of Dylan, the Delta blues, and the New Testament.