by Mike Martinez, SJ | Jul 19, 2019 | Pop Culture, Spirituality ~ Approx. 7 mins
Spiritual athletes, have you been whipping your soul into shape with the first five steps of the Ignatian “summer-soul” workout plan? [Click here for Part 1 if you missed it!] If so, awesome. Keep it up! If not, now’s the perfect time to renew the commitment for the...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 17, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I am adopted. Just days after I was born, I became a member of the Immel family. At that time, my brother was around, who is adopted, and we were 18 months away from my sister showing up, who is also adopted. It’s probably the first thing my siblings and I knew about...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jun 19, 2019 | Blogs, Sexuality ~ Approx. 4 mins
This post is edited from its original, published on April 8, 2014 – Fine By Me: An All-Embracing Love *** The first time a friend came out to me, I was shopping for a Campbell’s Soup Can costume at a Target in St. Louis. As I searched for a means to disguise...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Jun 12, 2019 | Blogs, Gender, Sexuality, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
This post is edited from its original, published on August 1, 2018 – A Beautiful Bond: Argentinian Nun Ministers to Transgender Women *** The term “LGBT” was used for the first time in a Vatican document. The working document for the 2018 Synod on the Youth...
by Chris Williams, SJ | Jun 5, 2019 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Gallup, New Mexico sprawls across dry desert land, surrounded by large reddish-orange mesas where small, hardy cedar trees and cacti litter the rocky ground. The cacti bloom in the Spring with tiny bright red flowers that sparkle over the brown dust and rocks. It is...
