In our latest Jesuit 101 piece, Justin heads into prison not expecting to have anything in common with the inmates. He learns quickly that God speaks in a universal language.
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Learning From Our Mistakes: 3 Lessons the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Can Teach Us About COVID
On World AIDS Day, let’s remember that COVID-19 is not the first pandemic of our lifetime. We can learn valuable lessons about our response to COVID in the months to come as we reflect on nearly 40 years of the AIDS epidemic to chart a better path forward.
Should A Catholic Support the Border Wall?
A Christian take on immigration, Trump’s border wall, and the fence between the head and the heart.
Dear President Biden, End Title 42
On the eve of World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Michael Petro, SJ, reminds the President that “in the stranger we actually meet our neighbor”
A Pilgrimage Through the South: What the Martyrs Taught Me
Ángel Flores Fontánez reflects on his time following in the footsteps of Civil Rights heroes and how we might imitate them today.
Should A Catholic Support Immigration Reform?
In response to last week’s article “Should A Catholic Support the Border Wall?” by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ, Brian Strassburger, SJ explores the broader issue of immigration reform, especially as it relates to the U.S.-Mexico border.
It’s Time to Stop Recycling
When recycling trash and donating things doesn’t work, we can ask God to help us reject our consumerist tendencies.
Police Brutality and the Just War
As the police, National Guard, and potentially the military engage against protestors in American cities, we are left with the question: is this just?
Review: “Little Women” and the Value of Stories from Everyday Life
In Greta Gerwig film adaptation of the classic novel “Little Women,” it is the day-to-day encounters with people, things and places that are important, and they are worthy of telling stories about.
A Young Jesuit Reflects on 50 Years of Social Justice
Matt Ippel, SJ celebrates the Jesuit commitment to “the service of faith and the promotion of justice”, remembers those who have died for it, and is inspired to keep fighting for it.