About 18 months ago I watched a documentary by American chef and author Anthony Bourdain, Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, which completely transformed...

Men and Women for Others

Social Justice dotMagis Editor

It’s often said that people following an Ignatian path are working to become “men and women for others.” But what does that mean? The...

How Shall We Live?

Social Justice Rebecca Ruiz

As I entered my dorm on my first day at college, I read the writing on the wall: “How, then, shall we live?” I interpreted...

A Grain of Compassion

Social Justice Rebecca Ruiz

I was preparing to cook rice the other day when some grains overflowed the scoop and fell to the floor. As I reached for...

Dude, You Can’t Fail!

Social Justice Lisa Kelly

My e-mail inbox is peppered with requests from Jesuit advocates on a variety of issues, often asking for me to take action. Ignatian spirituality...

Lord Jesus, Teach Me to Be Generous

Social Justice Lisa Kelly

In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on the individual lines of St. Ignatius’s Prayer for Generosity. “I don’t...

What’s Difficult Is the Follow-Through

Social Justice dotMagis Editor

The thing is, it’s easy to imagine yourself doing great works of mercy. It’s easy to have good intentions. What’s difficult is the follow-through,...

With the "Blessed”

Reflections Lisa Kelly

The stench of the mud hut with the tin roof that was home to a woman dying of breast cancer, her two children in...

A Change of Preposition

Social Justice Lisa Kelly

A little change of preposition can make a big difference. Imagine that you see a disheveled looking man holding a cardboard sign saying “Hungry, out...

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