by Eric Immel, SJ | Sep 2, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Two days ago, my phone started blaring at around 4:45 AM; at 5:15 AM, I finally acknowledged it, halting dreams filled with a strange monster screeching out the alarm in my subconscious. I hadn’t woken up that early in nearly six months. Groggy, I told myself that I...
by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Aug 5, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
On a bitterly cold Thursday night in February of 2019, I was sitting on the ground hanging out with a group of folks experiencing homelessness down by the Chicago Art Institute. I spent most Thursdays this way, as chaplain to the student-run Labre Homeless ministry....
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 22, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
My Jesuit community engaged in COVID-19 protocols after Mass on March 16. No more all-community Masses. No more going to school for class. No more ministry. A world of masks and gloves and handwashing. That evening, a friend and I had a conversation thinking through...
by Brendan Gottschall, SJ | Jul 13, 2020 | Faith & Family, In the News ~ Approx. 4 mins
As many states have begun to open up and loosen restrictions on “non-essential” activities, many Catholics have been asking themselves: “Should I go to Sunday Mass?” Without the pandemic, the answer is “Go to Mass,” of course! But the pandemic has made just leaving...
by Jeackson Vargas, SJ | Jul 7, 2020 | Current Events, Economics, Global Catholicism, Immigration, In the News ~ Approx. 3 mins
We all have been affected in multiple ways by this COVID-19 pandemic. The reality of this hard situation has forced us to change our lives and daily routines. As I look at this situation from my community in Bogotá, Colombia, there are certain brothers and sisters who...
