by Ryan Birjoo, SJ | Jan 27, 2020 | Current Events, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 5 mins
“We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.”- Etty Hillesum How do we remember traumatic events of the past? Richard Kearney, a philosophy professor at Boston College, asked this question with specific reference to the Shoah.1 It is a poignant question,...
by David Inczauskis, SJ | Sep 20, 2019 | Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
If you’re looking to curl up on a lonely Saturday night with a cup of tea, a warm blanket, and some headphones, then the Lumineers’ newly released III is perfect for you. Even the “happy” songs are sad. Innovative in its form, the album is comprised of three...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
It’s springtime. And John Steinbeck has some advice: First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing. Just in time for the season, a dear friend passed along to me Steinbeck’s beautiful letter on love. He’s responding to a letter in which his oldest son...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Our friends-in-Christ over at Mockingbird picked up this heartbreakingly honest interview with Demi Moore. Midway through the interview, Demi’s asked about her deepest fear: “If I were to answer it just kind of bold-faced, I would say what scares me is that I’m...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Feb 17, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
During the first week of my long retreat I was having disturbingly vivid dreams about wounded children. Every morning I’d awake having dreamt of kids in hospital beds, kids with swollen limbs, kids with gaping wounds that covered their bodies. Terrible. At the...
