Finding God in Football: The Ignatian Examen Applied to Sports

by Javier Bailén Llongo | Apr 8, 2025 | Spirituality, Sports ~ Approx. 4 mins

As a semi-professional soccer player, Javi Bailén, SJ understood the importance of routine reflection. As a Jesuit, he discovered how the Ignatian spirituality provides perfect tools for athletes and teams to reflect on their performance. In his first for TJP, Javi writes about how the Examen can be adapted for sports teams to find God in their game – and perhaps improve their future play.

Finding God in Newcastle United’s Long-Awaited Trophy

by Christopher Brolly, SJ | Apr 2, 2025 | Pop Culture, Sports ~ Approx. 4 mins

On March 16, Newcastle United F.C. won their first trophy in over half a century. Christopher Brolly, SJ, a Newcastle lad living in Boston, reflects on the significance of his beloved football club’s victory for the city and its people. Brolly writes that the club’s triumph in the Carabao Cup goes deeper than football.

The Jubilee Year: It’s Time to Come Home

by Eric Lastres, SJ | Mar 17, 2025 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 6 mins

In his first piece for The Jesuit Post, Eric Lastres, SJ reflects on the Jubilee Year of Hope and the invitation to renewal it offers.

One-Minute Homily

Rejecting the Cornerstone | One-Minute Homily

Pop-quiz! Who are the builders that rejected the stone that became the cornerstone?

Almost Home

by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Dec 22, 2015 | Blogs, Spirituality

In the last part of the Advent-ure series, Garrett Gundlach, SJ realizes that it’s hard to match the nostalgia of childhood Christmas.

The Waiting Game: Free Agency and Advent

by Dan Everson, SJ | Dec 21, 2015 | Spirituality, Sports

Jason Heyward’s defection from St. Louis to Chicago reminds Dan Everson, SJ, that he ought to hope in something deeper than baseball.

Great Holiday Baking Show, Pt. III — Revenge of the Pastry

by Jason Downer, SJ | Dec 18, 2015 | Humor, Pop Culture

In Part 3 of his expose on the Great Holiday Baking Show, Jason Downer SJ investigates holiday lessons about time management.

8 Ways Jesuits & Jedi Are Alike, and 3 Ways They’re Not

by Jason Welle | Dec 18, 2015 | Humor, Pop Culture

It’s finally here! The long awaited premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens! While the entire TJP staff headed out to wait in long lines at the theater because we forgot to buy advance tickets (hey - this was finals week and we’re almost all grad students!), it did...