by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Sep 22, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Religious Life, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 5 mins
This is the sixteenth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the fifteen installment, Steve heard his first confessions. I. It was a summer of firsts (and lasts). First Mass(es). First confessions. First blessings. First weddings. First days and weeks as a priest. Last...
by Nick Leeper, SJ | Aug 4, 2022 | Faith & Family, Spirituality ~ Approx. 6 mins
She was not in the mood to eat anything, and that’s when I knew that her cancer was severe. Every summer, my mom, my brother, my dad, and I would go to this dive restaurant, Bum Rogers at Seaside Heights in Jersey, to devour some garlic crabs. My mom always ensured...
by RJ Jacobs, SJ | Mar 28, 2022 | Lent, Prayers ~ Approx. 4 mins
Receiving ashes this year was different for me than in years past. Instead of attending an Ash Wednesday service at a church, I attended Ash Wednesday Mass in a chapel at the hospital where I typically volunteer on Sundays. That Wednesday at the hospital, I was...
by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Jan 13, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Christmas, Series ~ Approx. 6 mins
This is the sixth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the fifth installment, strange dreams kept waking Steve up. I. She said to me: You’re the one who’ll come and put the coins on the eyes of the dead. It was almost the darkest day of the year. I was in the middle...
by Shane Liesegang, SJ | Dec 1, 2021 | Current Events, In the News, Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 5 mins
I was a musical theater kid growing up, listening to shows until I knew them by heart, staring at tiny production photos in the booklet that came nestled between the two CDs in original cast recordings. It wasn’t just the music for me — the stories, the crafting of...
