What difference does worship make? All the difference. Check out this week’s One-Minute Homily by Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ on Dorothy Day and importance of abiding in Christ.
Atomic Pilgrim: A Book Review
In his forthcoming memoir Atomic Pilgrim, James Patrick Thomas recounts his cross-continental pilgrimage from Washington State to the Holy Land and his later activism back home. Writing for The Jesuit Post, Luke Lapean, SJ reflects on how the memoir provocatively asks whether true success in the struggle for change lies in measurable outcomes or in the quiet, interior transformation of the one who walks the road.
Our Political Idols: Why We Mislabel the Popes (and Ourselves)
Media narratives try to force Pope Leo XIV into political boxes that no pope can check. Alex Hale, SJ warns that politics now replaces religion in shaping American identity and calls Catholics to rise above division in pursuit of unity.
Eating Vegan and Healthy Isn’t Selfish — It’s Faithful
The Catholic faith esteems the human body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. Given the negative health outcomes of animal-based foods, Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ reflects how loving God, neighbor, and self through a plant-based diet seems to be a no-brainer.
When Beautiful and Interesting Aren’t the Same Thing
Old wisdom has it that truth is beauty and vice versa. An emotional interview with Dustin Hoffman has new TJP-er wondering if the old wisdom is correct.
It’s A Boy! (In A Box?)
The stork might not actually deliver any babies in slings, but our Michael Rozier thinks a baby-in-a-box may make the world a place fit for, well, a king.
God Has Not Been Idle with the Young
Pay attention to what God is already doing if you want to know what God needs us to do. God has not been idle with the youth.
Holding Out for What’s Special
This can’t be what extraordinary looks like, I think. But it can. And it’s the holding out for something so perfectly special that keeps me from missing what’s right before me.
Weeks in Review — July 1-21, 2013
Trayvon, Dzhokar, DOMA, Paula Deen, a new papal encyclical, TJP in Brazil – just to name a few. Catch up on these last few busy weeks in our latest “Weeks In Review”!
MAGIS Experiences, Day 5
At Aparecida, the hottest day so far — while at Belem, the musical premieres, and the cast parties “Gangnam Style” afterwards.