by Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Oct 16, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Jesuits have always ventured in places others avoid. Ignatius ministered to prostitutes in Rome. Francis Xavier sailed to India and Japan. As Archbishop, Pope Francis famously visited Buenos Aires’ shantytowns. Eager to live up to my forebears, I jumped at the...
by Marco Machado, SJ | Oct 9, 2019 | Blogs, Immigration, Justice, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Migrants from many different places come to the desert in Nogales, Arizona looking for a way to provide for their families. They come running away from their beloved homeland because crime, unemployment, and lack of opportunities have made their lives unbearable. Many...
by David Inczauskis, SJ and Mark Mackey, SJ | Oct 8, 2019 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 2min
The Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises is all about getting to know Jesus. Br. Mark Mackey, SJ, guides us through how we get to know Jesus as a role model and a friend in this week’s episode of the Intro to the Spiritual Exercises. Who’s somebody that you...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | Sep 18, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
A confession: If, when it is all over, when all is said and done, and I am six feet under, dead and buried, the last clump of dirt is cast over my simple, pine coffin, and I somehow come to find out that there is no God after all, I am going to be royally pissed. ...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Sep 11, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
A few years ago, a Jesuit friend of mine bought me a holy card of Blessed Solanus Casey and put it under my door during a silent retreat. On the back of the holy card was a quotation from the Capuchin friar from Detroit that read: “Worry is a weakness from which very...
