by Ty Wahlbrink, SJ | May 24, 2023 | Return to the Classics ~ Approx. 7 mins
One of the goals of The Jesuit Post is to create content that can be used in high school and college classrooms. The “Return to the Classics” series is one way we aim to fulfill that goal. Every year, thousands of students at Jesuit schools read a selection of the...
by Ty Wahlbrink, SJ | Apr 19, 2023 | Return to the Classics ~ Approx. 6 mins
One of the goals of The Jesuit Post is to create content that can be used in high school and college classrooms. The “Return to the Classics” series is one way we aim to fulfill that goal. Every year, thousands of students at Jesuit schools read a selection of the...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Apr 18, 2023 | Justice ~ Approx. 8 mins
“Slaveholding was always a choice.” This is the running theme in Christopher J. Kellerman’s book, All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church. The Church’s history of slaveholding then is “not of one choice, but of...
by Sean Barry, SJ | Nov 28, 2022 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever] How do we deal with grief, with pain and loss? These questions linger in the background throughout the entire film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel’s latest superhero movie. Most fans...
by Dan Finucane, SJ | Oct 11, 2022 | Catholic 101, Current Events, Global Catholicism, Series ~ Approx. 7 mins
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, the 21st ecumenical (or worldwide) council to have taken place in the Catholic Church. In 1959, Pope Saint John XXIII called for an ecumenical council with the purpose of bringing the...
