by John Stein, SJ | Aug 9, 2024 | Current Events ~ Approx. 4 mins
At a Jesuit community dinner last week, an older Jesuit priest inquired about my recent summer travels. When I told him I had just returned from the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, without a beat, he responded: “Oh yes, the Catholic Woodstock.”...
by Danilo Mendoza Rugama, SJ | Aug 7, 2024 | Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 6 mins
On May 18, 2024, a month before the end of my two years of regency in Morocco, I participated in my last tea ritual among the beautiful dunes of the Sahara. A ritual that began about forty minutes before when we all went out to contemplate the sunset that soothes the...
by Brennan Dour, SJ | Jul 17, 2024 | Events, Spirituality, Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
Over the past three months, pilgrims around the United States have accompanied the Eucharist in local processions along four major routes to Indianapolis, where the National Eucharistic Congress will take place this week. Both the processions and the congress –...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Jun 13, 2024 | Sacraments, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2min
After graduate school and before becoming a Jesuit, I lived and volunteered for one year in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Living in community with other volunteers, we shared responsibilities, including cooking. Recent college grads are generally not known for their cooking,...
by Ty Wahlbrink, SJ | Apr 23, 2024 | Easter, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Easter is the greatest feast of the Christian year. Death has not had the final say. Christ has conquered the grave and has risen to new life. We have been imbued with the hope that we, too, might share in this life eternal. Alleluia! But one would hardly know this...
