by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 28, 2020 | Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 5 mins
I’ve been feeling, shall we say, wistful, lately. It’s 10:30 PM, and I just opened a beer. I’m thinking about everything. The everything of today, with its pandemic, its confrontation with racism, its lack of leadership, certainty, and direction. The everything of the...
by An Hoang Vu, SJ | Jul 27, 2020 | Art, Current Events, Film, Immigration, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
On July 17th, 2010, a plane from Taipei landed in LAX. I was one of four immigrants among the passengers who were waiting to make their very first steps on the (cemented) soil of America. I felt confusion and emptiness. There was a lingering question, “What am I...
by Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ | Jul 17, 2020 | Catholic Writing, Film, Justice, Pop Culture, Race ~ Approx. 2 mins
If the Black Lives Matter movement didn’t already motivate you to educate yourself on systemic racism and how to be an anti-racist, this week’s Supreme Court decision allowing the first federal executions in 17 years to happen should. This week’s executions (Daniel...
by Shane Liesegang, SJ | Jul 6, 2020 | Art, Film, Music, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
Just a few months after I professed vows as a Jesuit, I was sitting at dinner in the Bronx. It’s considered a minor infraction to look at your phone at table, but curiosity got the better of me when I felt a notification buzz. My hands shook as I read it, and I ran to...
by Ian Peoples, SJ | Jul 3, 2020 | Catholic Writing, Pop Culture, Sports ~ Approx. 4 mins
Liverpool had never won the English Premier League (EPL) title until last Thursday, June 25th. The premier league only came about in the 1990-91 season. Before that, it was called the English First Division. Liverpool won that title 18 times, more than any other First...
