by Christopher Alt, SJ | Nov 11, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
For my seventh birthday, I asked my parents for a lectionary. At age nine I donned black and a white collar for “Career Day.” As a kid, I saw priests as helpers and healers, working to ease the suffering of others in a special way. It’s what I wanted to do. So, there...
by Hunter D'Armond, SJ | Nov 5, 2020 | Pop Culture, Prayers, Spirituality, Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
One of the more difficult sacrifices I made when I entered the Jesuits was giving up hunting, the very sport which is my namesake. It’s not that Jesuits aren’t allowed to hunt, as some may think, but more because Jesuit life, especially in formation, isn’t conducive...
by Ryan Mak, SJ | Nov 4, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
I thought being passionate meant enjoying an activity or job so much that I would always be happy. But it was not until I met my friend Bob that I would have my heart opened to the true depths of passion. I met Bob when I was a first year Jesuit novice living in...
by Jason McCreery | Oct 30, 2020 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
This article contains some spoilers for Suspiria (2018). There is a simple truth when it comes to the Resurrection: “unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit”.1 We are to be encouraged...
by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Oct 28, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I started teaching 7th and 8th grade math at Brooklyn Jesuit Prep in mid-September. I had been eagerly awaiting the first day of school after months of quarantining and packing and moving. For over a year, I’d been conversing in prayer with Jesus about how excited I...
