by Sean Barry, SJ | Jan 12, 2021 | Art, Pop Culture, Video Games ~ Approx. 4 mins
Warning: Spoilers to follow for “The Promised Neverland” Sometimes the world doesn’t operate how we might think. In the first season of The Promised Neverland, Emma, Norman, and Ray discovered that the orphanage where they lived was not as warm and loving...
by Brendan Gottschall, SJ | Dec 8, 2020 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
This article contains some spoilers for Parasite (2019) and Hillbilly Elegy (2020) Netflix’s recent drama Hillbilly Elegy has gotten a lot of flack for its portrayal of poverty in rural America: critics have called it “exploitative”, “condescending”, “terrible”, and...
by Jason McCreery | Sep 11, 2020 | Film, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
This article contains minor spoilers for the TV series, The Boys. What do you get when you add superheroes to American life as we know it today? Creator and show-runner of The Boys, Eric Kripke, answers with a mixture of the charisma of movie stars, the lethality of...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 28, 2020 | Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 5 mins
I’ve been feeling, shall we say, wistful, lately. It’s 10:30 PM, and I just opened a beer. I’m thinking about everything. The everything of today, with its pandemic, its confrontation with racism, its lack of leadership, certainty, and direction. The everything of the...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | May 27, 2020 | Spirituality, Videos ~ Approx. 1min
Join us for an interactive art retreat based on the creation story found in Genesis. Christopher Alt, S.J., and his brother Jesuits will guide you through a series of scripture passages, drawing exercises, and meditations. The retreat, approximately an hour long, can...
