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Fine by Me? The Grace of a Traffic Ticket
Who doesn’t *love* getting pulled over? Alex Llanera, SJ explores how even a traffic ticket became an occasion for grace.
Can You Drink the Cup?
A poet doesn’t invent — he listens. Capuchin Br. Scott Surrency’s poem considers the Christian joy found on the far side of our doubts and hesitations.
7.5 Tips to Survive and Thrive in (a Jesuit) College
So, you’ve arrived at a Jesuit school. Tim O’Brien, SJ offers 7.5 ways to make the most of the next four years.
Catholic Writing Today: Gregory Wolfe
“Art and faith are all about returning us to our senses.” Our Catholic Writing Series closes with writer and scholar Gregory Wolfe.
Catholic Writing Today: Mary Karr
Mary Karr, memoirist and poet, is the latest to join TJP’s series on Catholic writing today.
A Good Friday Poem
Good Friday is the day each year that we walk with Jesus in His passion, and hear that haunting question: “Can you drink the cup?”
Catholic Writing Today: Olga Lossky
In this edition of our Catholic Writing Series, we journey to France to interview Orthodox novelist Olga Lossky
Catholic Writing Today: Michael O’Brien
This week on our Catholic Writing Series, Michael O’Brien joins the conversation from balmy Canada.
Catholic Writing Today: Kaya Oakes
Much of the Catholic writing convo sticks to the fiction section, but this week, Kaya Oakes talks about how faith and nonfiction intersect.