After screening the documentary Eating Our Way to Extinction at my parish, one of the attendees acknowledged his unawareness about the devastating environmental impact of meat. One might imagine that someone attending this documentary might already have been aware of...
Picture the scene: 500 teenagers praying one for each other in complete silence. As the evening progresses, songs break out and hundreds are dancing, jumping, and singing. Would you remain seated when the crowd is rejoicing? How would you react when a teenager says he...
Peter was called into deeper waters by Jesus and was astonished at the miraculous catch of fish. Fr. Michael Mohr, SJ, reflects on how when we respond to the Lord’s call, we can expect to be astonished. Based on the readings for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary...
This is part two of a two-part conversation. The transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity. In October 2024, I had the chance to join seven other students from the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University on a pilgrimage to Rome during the Second...
“You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson while musing on our ignorance of the realities of the meat industry. Saying “we did not kill the animals”...
