by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | May 12, 2022 | Blogs, Creation, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Last summer, walking around the campus of Jesuit High, my newest assignment, I spied a patch of dirt that used to be a vegetable garden. I reminisced that I had enjoyed scratching around in the dirt as a child, and I figured I could start a dynamic gardening club at...
by Timothy Bishop, SJ | Mar 7, 2022 | Music ~ Approx. 3 mins
I thought I knew what “Heart Beat” was about when I wrote it last summer. The truth is: I had no clue. This is an experience I have with most of my songs. As I craft the music and draft the lyrics, bits and pieces come together and a whole begins to emerge. I feel a...
by Kevin Kuehl, SJ | Apr 22, 2020 | Creation, Current Events, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
“When young and old alike are open to the Holy Spirit, they make a wonderful combination. The old dream dreams, and the young see visions” (Christus Vivit, 192) In the midst of these beautiful spring days, I find myself dreaming. My mind wanders off to bearded irises....
by Kevin Kuehl, SJ | Oct 21, 2019 | Amazon Synod, Creation, Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, In the News, Interview, Justice, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 5 mins
Fr. Thomas J. Reese, S.J. , is a senior analyst at Religion News Service. Previously he was a columnist at the National Catholic Reporter and editor in chief at America magazine. He is the author of Archbishop, A Flock of Shepherds, and Inside the Vatican. The...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | May 24, 2019 | Creation, Faith & Politics, Pope Francis, Science & Technology, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
As we approach the fourth anniversary of Laudato si’ on May 24, I ask myself: “What have I done to care for creation?” Pope Francis’ encyclical continued the tradition of counter-cultural exhortations of the Christian faith that call us to live a life that God...
