by Aric Serrano, SJ | Sep 13, 2021 | Art, Music, Pop Culture, Prayers ~ Approx. 1 min
Yesterday, Aric Serrano, SJ, released a new collection of music, Recollections. Today, he offers us those tracks along with his motivation for writing. The forced solitude of the pandemic led me to write music as a way of processing my experience. I wanted to write...
by Philip Nahlik, SJ | Sep 1, 2021 | Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
As a scientist, I am sometimes terrified of not being able to predict the outcome of my actions. But as a Jesuit, I’m often called to take huge leaps of faith. Discernment has taught me a lot about working through those conflicting feelings. Many times, the most...
by Mike Martinez, SJ | Jun 14, 2021 | Justice, Prayers, Spirituality, Topics ~ Approx. 8 mins
The Jesuits (and also Franciscans) have a long and fascinating history of promoting the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was so important, explicit mention of the devotion was added into the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus: “All should have a high...
by Brett Helbling, SJ | Jun 2, 2021 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
To say that the coffin was in the center of the living room would be incorrect. The coffin was the center of the living room. Squeezed between two small couches and several mourners, it gave the space a crypt-like feeling. The walls seemed too close; the ceiling too...
by Andrew Milewski, SJ | May 5, 2021 | Blogs, Race, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
“To be honest,” Yunji told me, “I hardly ever speak English. I don’t have to because at the restaurant all the workers are Korean, and at home I speak Korean with my family.” This is how our Friday morning language exchanges began. Yunji is the aunt of one of the...
