by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Sep 11, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
A few years ago, a Jesuit friend of mine bought me a holy card of Blessed Solanus Casey and put it under my door during a silent retreat. On the back of the holy card was a quotation from the Capuchin friar from Detroit that read: “Worry is a weakness from which very...
by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Sep 4, 2019 | Blogs ~ Approx. 6 mins
It was the first cold-ish night of the year, and we were bundled up. As members of the Labre Homeless Ministry, we knew that our evening walk around downtown Chicago could feel much colder than the weather reports predicted. Labre is a work of the Loyola University...
by Chris Williams, SJ | Aug 1, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
The sun shone brightly on the green Cottonwood trees as I drove through the Wisconsin countryside. With a long drive ahead, and the radio set to gentle classical music, I found myself wanting to pray. As I began, my mind drifted to the past week I had spent with some...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 17, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I am adopted. Just days after I was born, I became a member of the Immel family. At that time, my brother was around, who is adopted, and we were 18 months away from my sister showing up, who is also adopted. It’s probably the first thing my siblings and I knew about...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jun 19, 2019 | Blogs, Sexuality ~ Approx. 4 mins
This post is edited from its original, published on April 8, 2014 – Fine By Me: An All-Embracing Love *** The first time a friend came out to me, I was shopping for a Campbell’s Soup Can costume at a Target in St. Louis. As I searched for a means to disguise...
