by Jason McCreery, SJ | Jun 5, 2020 | Current Events, In the News, Justice, Race, Topics ~ Approx. 7 mins
The is an old Roman adage: si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war. And this does seem to be an adage that Trump is following, as protests only seem to be getting worse this week. He has threatened to “deploy the United States military and...
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Jun 3, 2020 | Blogs, Prayers, Race, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
What did you learn yesterday? Anything? My interpretation of #BlackOutTuesday: mute the self-centeredness of social media and heed the words of Psalm 34:15: “The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry.” It was a call to learn...
by Ian Peoples, SJ | Jun 1, 2020 | Current Events, In the News, Justice, Race, Topics ~ Approx. 5 mins
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”—Edmund Burke It has happened again. Another unarmed black man killed by a group of mostly white police officers. And yet again, this man’s death was recorded. The bystanders recording...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Mar 27, 2020 | Blogs, Justice, Race, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
There may be no place in the United States as intentionally constructed as the National Memorial for Peace & Justice of the Equal Justice Initiative. Right down to the bricks used, it seems every inch of the memorial was carefully and delicately designed. There...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Feb 24, 2020 | Justice, Race, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 6 mins
*Warning: This piece contains significant racist language* In 1967, Superior General Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, wrote a letter to the American Jesuits calling them to task for their collective inaction on racism. Arrupe stated, “The racial crisis involves, before all else,...
