by Ken Homan, SJ | Jun 23, 2020 | In the News, Race ~ Approx. 4 mins
In my three years of teaching Catholic Social Teaching to high school juniors, white students frequently asked, “Why do you make everything about race?” It was a question I had asked at their age as well. In response, I attempted to offer some of the overwhelming...
by Kevin Kuehl, SJ | Jun 22, 2020 | Immigration, In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 4 mins
Haga clic aquí para español. Nineteen years is a long time to hold onto the uncertain hope that a dream will come true. Although it has seen many iterations, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors or DREAM Act first appeared nearly two decades ago in...
by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ | Jun 19, 2020 | In the News, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 5 mins
Juneteenth is our time. I am seeing a ray of sunshine that is beaming down not only in the Black community but in the whole of America. I truly believe that, with the trauma of COVID-19, the death of George Floyd and the subsequent protest, America will become a...
by David Inczauskis, SJ | Jun 18, 2020 | Pop Culture, Social Media ~ Approx. 4 mins
You shall not click “Tweet” until you pray to the Lord your God. We know it when we see it. We see others do it. We do it ourselves. Sometimes, we do not invite God into the tweet production process, and it shows. We tweet in vain. If God is not the writer of the...
by Jason McCreery, SJ | Jun 5, 2020 | Current Events, In the News, Justice, Race, Topics ~ Approx. 7 mins
The is an old Roman adage: si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war. And this does seem to be an adage that Trump is following, as protests only seem to be getting worse this week. He has threatened to “deploy the United States military and...
