by Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ | Feb 7, 2020 | Art, Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2 mins
Warning: This article contains spoilers. 1917 is arguably one of the best war films to come out in a long time, and it has 2 Golden Globes awards and 10 Oscar nominations to prove it. All these awards and nominations recognize the movie’s uniqueness. For one thing,...
by Matt Briand SJ | Jan 31, 2020 | Economics, Film, In the News, Pop Culture, Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Economic inequality is growing and becoming ever more entrenched, and the South Korean film, Parasite demonstrates viscerally and compellingly the peril of this trend. The film’s primary focus is on a lower-class family, the Kims, and how socio-economic inequality...
by Jason McCreery, SJ | Nov 8, 2019 | Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
I have a small confession to make. See, for the most part, Jesuits get their own rooms. But every once in a blue moon, we’ll have to share a room when we travel. And if the beds are different sizes, I will always graciously offer the larger to my companion, pretending...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Apr 16, 2019 | Global Catholicism, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
Much media coverage of the burning Notre Dame de Paris missed a simple but fundamental point: Notre Dame was a church. The news stories and social media comments made many good points. Notre Dame was a beautiful building, it contained priceless art, many of us have...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Apr 1, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Film, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 3 mins
I walked away from the movie “Unplanned” with one question: will it change minds? The abortion debate has raged since the 1970s in this country. The Catholic Church has struggled to present its teaching on abortion in an environment in which abortion has become a...
