by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
The choice of faith orients everything in our lives and whether you choose to believe in God or not is anything but a casual concern. The poet Mary Oliver boldly confronts us with the question in her popular poem, The Summer Day, when she writes, “Tell me, what is it...
by John Shea, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
So this guy came up to me – okay he was another Jesuit in a Jesuit rec room, not just some guy on the street – but, he asked me: “John, dude, we’re starting a website that looks at popular culture and faith and stuff, and we’d wondered if you’d be interested in...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
What’s that, no more Tebow you say? Are those tears in your eyes? Well, pssh, I say. There’s no crying on the internet. And I also say, how can you have too much of that which composes everything? That would be like having too much cheese or Bernie Brewer. And...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jan 23, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 1min
While spending some time with my parents over the holidays, I had the opportunity to attend Mass with at the parish in which I grew up. My family has been members since I was fairly young, and my siblings and I all went to the parish school there. In fact, we all...
by Joe Hoover, SJ | Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 11 mins
Mass in the side chapels of urban parishes tends to draw pretty much the same crowd. A thin somber college student wearing outdated clothing, and not ironically, walks into the nave and kneels perfectly before sliding into the pew. Later in the communion line he will...
