by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Apr 18, 2023 | Justice ~ Approx. 8 mins
“Slaveholding was always a choice.” This is the running theme in Christopher J. Kellerman’s book, All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church. The Church’s history of slaveholding then is “not of one choice, but of...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Mar 22, 2023 | Film, Lent ~ Approx. 5 mins
Perhaps it is because we are now well into Lent, and the Stations of the Cross are being offered at parishes each week, but the Stations were all I could think of while watching Till, the new movie about the killing of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955....
by Ian Peoples, SJ | Nov 11, 2022 | Saints 101, Series ~ Approx. 4 mins
Of all the homilies I heard during my two year novitiate, the one I remember best was given by Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald on November 11, 2015. It’s memorable for a number of reasons, but mostly because Fr. Fitzgerald was the one giving it. At the time, he was suffering...
by Tucker Redding, SJ | Oct 28, 2022 | Creation, Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, Immigration, In the News, Justice, Race, Sexuality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 7 mins
Last weekend, nearly 2000 students came to Washington, D.C., in the name of a faith that does justice. These students attended the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, the largest annual Catholic social justice gathering in the United States. This conference brings...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Sep 15, 2022 | Blogs, Faith & Family, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Until recently, I had not lived near a mountain range. I didn’t get to hike fourteeners on the weekends nor did I experience driving in the mountains either. If you haven’t driven in the mountains, then one thing you need to know is it’s not like driving on a flat...
