In a recent article in America, Adam Hincks, SJ, says that cosmologists don’t have definitive answers to the two questions most people have about the universe: when did it begin? and how big is it? Scientists don’t even know what most of the universe is made of. Hincks has a doctorate in cosmology from Princeton, [...]
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Mark your calendars for what looks like an excellent conference: Finding God in Unsettled Times, June 29 to July 1, on the campus of Loyola University Maryland. The conference is sponsored by the Jesuit Collaborative, a consortium of the Jesuit provinces on the East Coast. Browse a list of 33 workshops here.
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If you have an interest in young adult work, take a look at this video about Charis, an Ignatian ministry that is expanding rapidly. Becky Eldredge, a dotMagis blogger and a leader of Charis, appears on it. (Click here to watch it on YouTube.)
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Pilgrims are now walking and biking the new Ignatian Way pilgrimage route in northern Spain, which follows the route Ignatius walked in 1522 after his conversion. (Go here to read what I wrote about it last year.) After watching this video about it, I was ready to stuff my backpack, lace up my hiking boots, [...]
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During Holy Week I’ve encountered two very different and yet equally profound meanings in the act of a kiss. The first, of course, is the act by which Judas symbolized his betrayal of Christ: a tender, intimate act which was a lie and a travesty. The other was the act by which we show reverence [...]
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While we’re on the subject of social media, I thought I’d point to a couple of notable digital projects by Loyola Press, the sponsor of this website. The Press’s 3-Minute Retreat has just won the 2012 Wilbur award for web-based communications in multimedia or online video from the Religion Communications Council. This is a pretty [...]
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The Lent-Easter Ignatian Prayer Adventure online retreat started yesterday, but you can join in any time. Take a look. I thought I’d mention a couple of other Lenten resources. A couple are out of the ordinary. Other6 Prays Lent is an online community that helps you find God in the ordinary course of daily life. [...]
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A bunch of young Jesuits launched a new website yesterday called The Jesuit Post. Content will range very widely indeed. The first batch of articles include pieces on David Foster Wallace, parish masses, Tim Tebow, yoga, Paula Deen, the folk-rock band Hem, and health care reform. Editor Paddy Gilger, SJ says “this site is about [...]
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The Ignatian Pro-Life Network was among the many groups that took part in the annual March for Life in Washington yesterday, the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade decision. It’s an occasion to remember the fine document Standing for the Unborn issued by the Jesuit Conference. It says, “Jesuits ought to find their [...]
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