by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Almost every guide about how to pray I’ve ever read begins with the instruction “Find a quiet place…” including this one from TJP’s own Ryan Duns, SJ. Of course, finding such silence grows more and more difficult, a fact that’s been brought home...
by John Shea, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
So this guy came up to me – okay he was another Jesuit in a Jesuit rec room, not just some guy on the street – but, he asked me: “John, dude, we’re starting a website that looks at popular culture and faith and stuff, and we’d wondered if you’d be interested in...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jan 23, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 1min
While spending some time with my parents over the holidays, I had the opportunity to attend Mass with at the parish in which I grew up. My family has been members since I was fairly young, and my siblings and I all went to the parish school there. In fact, we all...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Confession: the hit British costume drama Downton Abbey was my guiltiest pleasure of 2011, a distinction poised to continue in 2012 as well. The show has been all over the news in the last few weeks, in the runup to and aftermath of its season two premier on PBS....
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. This cookie recipe based on the new mass translation is no exception. I shared the YouTube video with several relatives over the Christmas break, but it seems Commonweal doesn’t like parodies of their parody. Isn’t...
