by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | May 12, 2022 | Blogs, Creation, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Last summer, walking around the campus of Jesuit High, my newest assignment, I spied a patch of dirt that used to be a vegetable garden. I reminisced that I had enjoyed scratching around in the dirt as a child, and I figured I could start a dynamic gardening club at...
by David Romero, SJ | May 3, 2022 | Catholic 101 ~ Approx. 6 mins
Two common questions I had growing up as a Catholic were: “What is prayer?” and “How do I pray?” Fast-forward to today, when I am an ordained priest. And whether I’m on a retreat, at church after Mass, or really just about any other place (including getting a drink...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Apr 15, 2022 | Film, Justice, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 4 mins
“But man does not drive to be free for himself and content with himself.”1 According to Jürgen Multmann in The Crucified God, Psalm 18, verse 36 is not often understood. He says it should read,“You show me that you are great by your humiliation of yourself” because,...
by Brett Helbling, SJ | Apr 12, 2022 | Lent, Spirituality, Theology ~ Approx. 6 mins
Teresa of Avila, saint, mystic, reformer of the Carmelite order, founder of the Discalced Carmelites and . . . angry with God. That last one doesn’t seem to fit with the others. But there is a story I’ve heard of St. Teresa. One day, while riding her horse, she fell...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Mar 30, 2022 | Jesuit 101, Series, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
I’ve never read a word of Richard Carlson’s viral self-help series, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s All Small Stuff, so let me be clear at the onset – I am not taking issue with the notion that life might be best spent learning how to discern what’s worth...
