by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Dec 29, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 4 mins
I’m in Kansas City, Missouri. It’s Christmas time and I’m in my hometown visiting family and friends. And this is my first Christmas season as an ordained minister! My dad attends St. John Francis Regis Parish. It’s not a Jesuit parish, though it is named after a...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Nov 2, 2022 | Faith & Family, Liturgy, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
“It took me many years of struggle and failure to realize that my real distraction was in my life, not in my prayer.” – Fr. Adolfo Nicolas, former Superior General of the Jesuits Fr. Peter Klink, who I live with at Holy Rosary Mission on the Pine Ridge Indian...
by Mark Mackey, SJ | Oct 4, 2022 | Creation, Religious Life, Saints 101, Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 5 mins
One of the first memories I have of visiting my grandpa’s house, which we did weekly in my childhood, was seeing calendars and envelopes piled up on one of his tables. The calendars sported brightly colored photographs of wildlife and natural scenes- incredible shots...
by Ignatius (Chí Nhân) Nguyễn, SJ | Aug 26, 2022 | Faith & Family, Prayers, Religious Life, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
When I was a teenager, I thought prayer was only private. When I prayed in private, it was a personal prayer between myself and God and saints. I sometimes wrestled with my prayers because I did not understand God’s love for me and felt uncomfortable accepting my...
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...
