by Sebastian Salamanca Huet, SJ | May 26, 2022 | Art, Religious Life, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 4 mins
After entering the Jesuits, I had to transform my relationship with the world of art. Art, especially religious art, has been present in my life since I was two years old. Religious art has been my passion since early on: It marks my way of relating to the surrounding...
by An Nguyen Vu, SJ | Apr 27, 2022 | Art ~ Approx. 3 mins
I spent my early childhood in Vietnam, and one of the things I remember quite vividly is the frequent blackouts. Imagine a huge chunk of the metropolis going dark, succumbing to the night. The darkness seemed to have power over us. It literally stopped everything in...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Apr 15, 2022 | Film, Justice, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 4 mins
“But man does not drive to be free for himself and content with himself.”1 According to Jürgen Multmann in The Crucified God, Psalm 18, verse 36 is not often understood. He says it should read,“You show me that you are great by your humiliation of yourself” because,...
by Timothy Bishop, SJ | Mar 7, 2022 | Music ~ Approx. 3 mins
I thought I knew what “Heart Beat” was about when I wrote it last summer. The truth is: I had no clue. This is an experience I have with most of my songs. As I craft the music and draft the lyrics, bits and pieces come together and a whole begins to emerge. I feel a...
by An Nguyen Vu, SJ | Feb 14, 2022 | Art, TV ~ Approx. 5 mins
As children of the early 90s, my little brother and I had few options when it comes to daytime entertainment. Compared to the plethora of outlets like Netflix or Youtube today, all we had was the TV, and we often found ourselves glued to it, consuming anything that...
