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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Loyola Productions in Los Angeles has launched a YouTube channel called Ignatian News Network that will feature videos about Jesuit work and mission. Some of the early videos look at a lobbying in Los Angeles, retreats for homeless people, and sustainable gardening. You can subscribe to INN here. One INN video is about Loyola Press’s [...]
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Looking for an unconventional Ignatian Christmas gift idea? Through the Ignatian Spirituality Project you can give the gift of a retreat to a homeless person. Next year the ISP will offer retreats to about 1000 men and women who are transitioning out of homelessness and recovering from addictions. You can sponsor one person on a [...]
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Larry Gillick, SJ is a special Jesuit. Blind since childhood, he has been a Jesuit for 50 years and has had a varied and fruitful career. Among other accomplishments, he is one of the authors of Retreat in the Real World, a popular adaptation of the Spiritual Exercises. He does retreat work all over the [...]
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The Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S. play each other dozens of times on the basketball court this season. Full schedule here. The Jesuit Basketball Spotlight program takes these games as a opportunity for a soft promotion of Jesuit education and mission. Some version of this announcement will be read at most if not [...]
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Rick Malloy, SJ, VP at the University of Scranton, prods students to ask some questions: Will a man or woman who had multiple sexual partners make a good husband or wife? Is hooking up good training for life? There’s an old saying in Jesuit circles: We form our habits and our habits form us. Those [...]
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Our sister blog Picturing God: Faces and Traces of the Divine celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow. The blog has featured images of nature, people, objects, and places, all evoking God’s presence. I love it. Many of the pictures are extraordinary. It’s a daily way to experience finding God in all things. To celebrate, Loyola Press is [...]
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Here’s a terrific segment from a recent 60 Minutes program about Fr. Rick Curry, SJ, and his unique theater program for the physically disabled. I love Curry’s answer to Steve Kroft’s question, “Is it better to be abled or disabled?” (If you can’t see the video, click here.) Share or bookmark this post:
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I greatly admire the work of the Jesuit Refugee Service, an organization established by Pedro Arrupe, SJ in 1980 to serve and defend the cause of forcibly displaced persons. If you’re looking for a book that will move you deeply, read They Come Back Singing: Finding God with the Refugees by Gary Smith, SJ. Also [...]
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