by Michael Petro, SJ | Sep 25, 2021 | Discerning Citizenship, Faith & Politics, Immigration, Justice, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 4 mins
Dear President Biden, As a young Jesuit, I write to you gravely troubled by the way your administration is treating asylum seekers. As the Church celebrates this National Migration Week, my heart is weighed down by the many families waiting in a perilous limbo on our...
by Brett Helbling, SJ | Sep 23, 2021 | Current Events, GC36, Pope Francis, Prayers, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Where am I looking? What am I focusing on? These are important questions. Ones I need to ask myself often. I need to learn how to look because my perspective, that is, where I look and how I look and what I focus on, can change the reality of what I see. Sometimes the...
by Ian Peoples, SJ | Sep 3, 2021 | Jesuit 101, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 9 mins
To celebrate the Ignatian Year, The Jesuit Post presents our “Jesuit 101” series. Each month will focus on a single concept, term, or theme that is relevant to Ignatian Spirituality and/or the Jesuits. This series will include an explainer article and reflections or...
by Matt Briand SJ | Aug 12, 2021 | Blogs, Faith & Family, Religious Life, Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 4 mins
This summer I’ve been struck by the number of goodbyes I have said. Some were to people I had just met; others to people I have known my whole life. But regardless of the length and depth of familiarity, each goodbye has stirred up some amount of heartache,...
by Mike Martinez, SJ | Jun 14, 2021 | Justice, Prayers, Spirituality, Topics ~ Approx. 8 mins
The Jesuits (and also Franciscans) have a long and fascinating history of promoting the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was so important, explicit mention of the devotion was added into the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus: “All should have a high...
