by Pablo Velasquez, SJ | Apr 22, 2023 | Creation, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
On October 13, 2021, 91-year-old Star Trek actor William Shatner traveled into space on a Blue Origin space shuttle. His experience was not at all what he expected. Instead of finding colorful lights from the stars, as seen in his series or in modified images from...
by Tucker Redding, SJ | Mar 13, 2023 | Papal News, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 7 mins
Where were you when Pope Francis was elected on March 13, 2013? I was in Kingston, Jamaica. It was my second year in the novitiate (the first stage of Jesuit formation) and I was spending three months working at a Jesuit school there. As we were all waiting for the...
by William Manaker, SJ | Oct 27, 2022 | Global Catholicism, Pope Francis, Religious Life ~ Approx. 5 mins
I arrived in Belize for a month-long immersion experience in the Mayan villages of the Toledo District with only minimal background information. I would be working with several brother Jesuits to facilitate retreats for village catechists. We’d be collaborating with a...
by Tim Perron, SJ | Oct 24, 2022 | Catholic 101, Current Events, Global Catholicism, Papal News, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 7 mins
During the period that Saint John Paul II was pope from the late 1970s through 2005, he apologized and asked forgiveness for the history of Christian slave-holding and for the injustices inflicted by colonizing Christians. In the same spirit, Pope Francis traveled to...
by Danilo Mendoza Rugama, SJ | Jun 20, 2022 | Immigration ~ Approx. 6 mins
Gaze – Listening – UnderstandingA friendly gaze is the most humane way to be present in the life of those who are going through the harshness of deserts Attentive listening is the most disinterested way to be light in the lives...
