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At the end of 2021, I didn’t feel ready for a retreat, Jesus found me anyway

At the end of 2021, I didn’t feel ready for a retreat, Jesus found me anyway

by Dickson Tiwelfil, SJ | Feb 15, 2022 | Religious Life, Spirituality, The Jesuits    ~ Approx. 4 mins

So many things troubled my mind when the first semester came to an end. 2021 left me with so many unwanted thoughts and feelings. I couldn’t finish a final paper for one of my classes, one of my professors sent me a disappointed email about a late submission, and a...
I didn’t want to ask, but quarantine revealed who my friends really are

I didn’t want to ask, but quarantine revealed who my friends really are

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...
Can you hear me? Sometimes prayer feels like a Zoom meeting

Can you hear me? Sometimes prayer feels like a Zoom meeting

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...
Learning From Our Mistakes: 3 Lessons the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Can Teach Us About COVID

Learning From Our Mistakes: 3 Lessons the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Can Teach Us About COVID

by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Dec 1, 2020 | Current Events, In the News, Justice    ~ Approx. 9 mins

COVID-19 is not the first pandemic of our lifetime. But we’re certainly acting like it is.  Missteps, misinformation, and pandemic-fatigue have propelled the virus into a brutal new wave of infections in the United States and elsewhere around the world. Have we...
5 Rules for Discerning Whether to Go to Mass in a Pandemic

5 Rules for Discerning Whether to Go to Mass in a Pandemic

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...

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