The Jesuits sponsor some impressive websites devoted to commentary on culture and politics. The busiest is America magazine. Its blog "In All Things" is...

Of Gods and Men

Media Tim Muldoon

Yesterday I accompanied a group of 50 Boston College students to see the film Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et Des Dieux), the...

Catholic Storytelling

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Frank Cottrell Boyce, a renowned screenwriter, writes about film and faith on the website of the British Jesuits. (Boyce wrote the splendid film Millions,...

Live Chat with a Vatican Astronomer

Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries Jim Manney

Brother Guy Consolmango, SJ, an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, will give an online talk and chat today at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. Just...

The Pope and the Elderly

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During his recent trip to the UK, Pope Benedict visited a Catholic nursing home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor. The 83-year-old...

Karate and Ignatian Spirituality

Media Tim Muldoon

I recently took my girls to the drive-in to see the remake of a film I enjoyed when I was younger--The Karate Kid. Now,...

Links for the Weekend

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Jim Martin, SJ, on sexual abuse and the Sacred Heart. How the St. Louis Jesuits changed liturgical music. (“One person credits them with wrecking the...

Summer with the Jesuit Mission Band

Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries Jim Manney

A group of young Jesuits is hitting the road this summer giving renewal weekends for young adults. They call themselves the Jesuit Mission Band,...

Links for the Weekend

Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries Jim Manney

Jack McLain, SJ, on zombies (“the faceless, unsexy, plodders of the horror genre"). Nathan O'Halloran, SJ, reads 1 Samuel 15:3 and asks, "Does God approve...