How do we react to the tragic event that took place in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017? Is it possible for me to grow in knowledge of where God is in this? If not in this, is there anything that God seeks from me at a time like this?...
Did 17th century Jesuit educators devise the forerunner of American Sign Language?...
"In the 1960's the English Province of the Society of Jesus in Canada sent young Jesuits to Jesuit Universities in the United States to receive their training in philosophy and to acquire (usually) their first academic degree (usually a B.A.). I was sent to Mount St. Michael, a Jesuit house focused entirely on the study of philosophy. It was part of Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington."...
"The present situation invites us to return to the foundation of our common humanity and to the essential links of solidarity that create societal ties."...
Today's parable of the two sons asked to work in their father's vineyard is particularly relevant to our own lives....
Writing is rewarding but it also has its hazards, at least for those who write for publication Perhaps the most discouraging pitfall is the expected response from your audience that never comes....
" Why should we strive for the Magis, the more, the greater? Out of duty? Because we owe it to mankind, to God, to those deserving? to those undeserving? Is the Magis tied to success? Does it mean perfection? Where does it get us? Then what if we fail?"...
'Each May in the Montreal novitiate, the first year novices go out the door with $75 dollars, a one-way bus ticket and lots of prayers." This is the second of a two part post on such a pilgrimage....
