Are you ready? Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, reflects on the theme of preparation in Advent by remembering what it was like to joyfully wait for his grandmother.
An Invitation to Consider Spiritual Direction this Easter Season
Your walk with God is already underway. Spiritual direction is a way of paying attention to God with you on your journey. As we journey through the Easter season, Eric Panicco, SJ offers an introduction to Spiritual Direction and an invitation to consider incorporating it into your own walk of faith.
Inside the Jesuit Novitiate: Reflections on the Novitiate from a Recently-Vowed Jesuit
The Jesuit Novitiate can be a mysterious time for family and friends of Jesuit novices. Paul Gillam, SJ, offers a look at the novitiate experience from the perspective of a Jesuit who took First Vows in August, 2025 and shares his reflections on the first stage of Jesuit formation.
Stay Plugged in This Easter with the Stations of the Resurrection
Many people pray the Stations of the Cross during Lent, but Easter offers its own prayerful invitation. Chris Kinkor, SJ, shares the beauty he has found in the Stations of the Resurrection and offers an invitation to incorporate them into your Easter celebration.
For Your Goodness – A Prayer of Gratitude in Trying Times
In the wake of recent tragedies, Brendan Busse, SJ finds himself praying for the goodness of things.
When Canaries Can’t Breathe: Sotomayor’s Justice from Below
“The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” So wrote Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in his magisterial treatment, The Common Law, nearly 140 years ago. More and more, it becomes apparent that so much of our legal system --...
In Living Color: I Am Not Black
Damian Torres-Botello, SJ is not African-American, but he is a man of color, and this is what this moment in our history says to him.
What Can Words Do?
Paddy Gilger, SJ and Matt Spotts, SJ found themselves asking what good it does to write and think in the wake of the violence experienced over the last few days.
Worth Watching: Euro Cup (and European Union) 2016
Brexit is not the only EU saga worth paying attention to. Michael Rossmann, SJ describes why you should check out Euro Cup 2016.
Yes, I saw a grizzly. But there’s more.
Garrett Gundlach, SJ’s experiences can’t be boiled down to one event. Don’t make him try.