by An Nguyen Vu, SJ | Feb 14, 2022 | Art, TV ~ Approx. 5 mins
As children of the early 90s, my little brother and I had few options when it comes to daytime entertainment. Compared to the plethora of outlets like Netflix or Youtube today, all we had was the TV, and we often found ourselves glued to it, consuming anything that...
by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Feb 3, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Series ~ Approx. 5 mins
This is the seventh installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the sixth installment, Steve pondered dark things in the darkness of December. I. On a recent Sunday, ordinariness had recommenced at Boston University, despite (not unfounded) fears of COVID outbreaks. Vestments...
by Patrick Hyland, SJ | Jan 24, 2022 | Global Catholicism, Liturgy ~ Approx. 4 mins
As a Midwesterner, I know well the importance of milk. In the novitiate, we had an impressive excel chart to gauge the interest and preference of each of the novices in several different types of milk. Would we buy skim (no), 1% (not that either), 2% (some), or whole...
by Brett Helbling, SJ | Jan 21, 2022 | Blogs, Religious Life, Spirituality, The Jesuits ~ Approx. 6 mins
“As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.” – Matthew 9:9bre That’s it? That’s all it took? Two words from Jesus, “follow me”, and Matthew followed....
by An Nguyen Vu, SJ | Jan 10, 2022 | Art, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
I never had much of a knack for photography. I don’t have any talent for original art design. I can’t conjure up magical scenes in my head and bring them to life. Neither the composition nor the color scheme you see displayed below come from my imagination....
