• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Topics
    • Catholic 101
    • Jesuit 101
    • Current Events
    • Pop Culture
    • Spirituality
  • Media
    • One-Minute Homilies
    • One-Minute Saints
    • The Jesuit Border Podcast
    • Anti-Racism Video Retreat
    • Lenten Video Retreats
    • Podcast: Audio Retreats
    • Pray the Examen
  • TJP Archives
  • About
    • About TJP
    • Curriculum Guide
    • Staff + Contact
The Jesuit Post
Why I Feel Guilty Watching Downton Abbey, or That Creamy English Charm

Why I Feel Guilty Watching Downton Abbey, or That Creamy English Charm

by James Martin, SJ | Feb 12, 2012 | Uncategorized    ~ Approx. 5 mins

I’m an over-the-top “Downton Abbey” fan.  Lately I’ve been avoiding all Sunday night engagements (at least those that continue past 9:00 PM ET) and am downcast if I haven’t heard the Dowager Countess’s most recent aperçu.  Despite the show’s manifest weaknesses...

Newsletter

Most Read

  1. I wouldn’t be a Jesuit if it weren’t for St. Francis of Assisi
    Mark Mackey, SJ
  2. Netflix’s “The Social Dilemma” and Moral Relativism
    Ian Peoples, SJ
  3. You never know who you’ll meet on the bus
    Luke Lapean, SJ
  4. The Little Way of St. Therese Lisieux
    Sean Barry, SJ
  5. Jesuit 101: Finding Our Way through Ignatian Discernment
    Reynaldo Belfort Pierrilus, SJ

Editors’ Picks

  • Signs of Easter: Seeking Good News Around Us
    Brian Strassburger, SJ
  • Easter is a Family Reunion
    Ian Peoples, SJ
  • Two Saints and a Sinner Reflect on the Problem of Evil
    Brett Helbling, SJ
  • A Playlist for Your Easter Journey
    Joe Lorenz, SJ
  • Jesuit 101: The Ignatian Examen
    Josef Rodriguez, SJ

The Jesuit Post Follow

Young Jesuits seeking God in all things. TJP covers current events, spirituality, and pop culture from a Jesuit, Catholic perspective. @americamag

TheJesuitPost
thejesuitpost The Jesuit Post @thejesuitpost ·
4 Oct

On the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Mark reflects on the ways Franciscan spirituality seeded and nurtured his Jesuit vocation.

Read more here: https://buff.ly/3rqrORi

Reply on Twitter 1577267543617769473 Retweet on Twitter 1577267543617769473 2 Like on Twitter 1577267543617769473 6 Twitter 1577267543617769473

RSS From America Magazine

  • The U.S. bishops aren’t the extremists in the abortion debate. October 5, 2022
  • The death penalty promises retribution. Restorative justice offers healing. October 5, 2022
  • Pope Francis: The devil knows the passwords to our heart. We must know them too. October 5, 2022

Most Shared Posts

  • Letter to President Trump: Welcoming the Stranger
  • Goals Set the World on Fire: Messi Nets 644
  • Rend My Heart, O’God, the Opportunity of an Open Door
  • Palm Sunday: Carrying the Cross | One-Minute Homily
  • Pentecost Sunday: The Holy Spirit Brings Peace | One-Minute Homily
  • Jesuit Vocations
  • Society of Jesus in Canada & the United States
  • Ignatian Solidarity Network
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
© The Jesuit Post, All Rights Reserved