by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Jan 5, 2022 | Current Events, Prayers, Religious Life, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
When I got COVID, I had to start asking for things in a new way. Like so many, I was confined to my room for about one week. While the internet and good books, along with phone calls and Facetime, can occupy my time as much as anyone’s, during meal times I felt...
by Conan Rainwater, SJ | Dec 10, 2021 | Creation, Current Events, Global Catholicism, Holidays, Jesuit 101, Prayers ~ Approx. 5 mins
The following reflection is part of our “Jesuit 101” series, celebrating the Ignatian Year. This piece helps us to dive deeper into the Contemplation on the Incarnation from the Spiritual Exercises. To learn more about this contemplation, check out our explainer...
by Alex Hale, SJ | Nov 8, 2021 | Current Events, Discerning Citizenship, Immigration, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
My Junior year of college I had the opportunity to study in Jerusalem for a couple of weeks. In discussing this opportunity, those around me generally had the same query, “Is it safe to go to the Middle East?” I didn’t think about it that much, but did acknowledge to...
by Brett Helbling, SJ | Sep 23, 2021 | Current Events, GC36, Pope Francis, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Where am I looking? What am I focusing on? These are important questions. Ones I need to ask myself often. I need to learn how to look because my perspective, that is, where I look and how I look and what I focus on, can change the reality of what I see. Sometimes the...
by Aric Serrano, SJ | Sep 13, 2021 | Art, Music, Pop Culture, Prayers ~ Approx. 1 min
Yesterday, Aric Serrano, SJ, released a new collection of music, Recollections. Today, he offers us those tracks along with his motivation for writing. The forced solitude of the pandemic led me to write music as a way of processing my experience. I wanted to write...
