The Book of Ecclesiastes is known in Hebrew as the Book off the Preacher. This particular "preacher" is called "son of David and king of Jerusalem." We know him as Solomon.The Song of Songs is a series of love poems in which lover and loved are now united, now divided, now sought, now found – characteristic of lovers then and now....
In July of this year, a team of 15 students and 4 staff from St. Paul's High School in Winnipeg completed a service mission to El Salvador. This was the seventh mission to that country for St. Paul's. In their daily verbal and written reflections, students often spoke of their increasing friendships with the adults and children of El Salvador and with each other....
Genesis vs. evolution epitomizes the debate of science vs. religion. Is there a need for the debate? Are these two incompatible? Is it possible to be a scientist and a Christian? Is this an oxymoron?...
From time to time, as part of the "Our Culture" section, , igNation will post poetry written by Jesuits. Poems from Gerard Manley Hopkins and St. Robert Southwell will appear as well as poems by contemporary Jesuits. Today's poem is by Greg Kennedy, SJ, who is studying theology in Bogata, Colombia....
Today's poem for Poetry Tuesday is one of an ongoing series of poems by Frank Obrigewitsch, SJ's book "Prairie Childhood Snapshots - 1943 - 1958."...
A lover of country music, Paul Sullivan tries to find out what is happening to country music today. What he finds may surprise you....
Stories are powerful vehicles of timeless truths, which is why Jesus told so many of them. The stories of our time are told primarily in movies. For the Year of Mercy, a series of film screenings will take place at Regis College, Toronto, from September 14 to October 26, curated by John D. O'Brien, S.J. They will develop the theme Justice and mercy shall embrace"."...
Proverbs is part of what is known as wisdom literature, which flourished in the ancient East. The authors of this literature, known as sages, were teachers of the art of successful living, transmitting to successive generations the accumulated knowledge of the past. They were not concerned about religious thought as such but rather with human solutions to life's problems....
Is it possible that your back problems are really caused by some annoying instincts rather than by something physical? The answer to this question may surprise you. Reposted from The Jesuit Post....
Two years ago, when I retired from teaching at St Paul's High School in Winnipeg, I thought I had done my farewell tour of El Salvador I but was drawn back again this summer . . . It was a short visit, travelling with eleven teachers and an alumnus from St. Paul's High School . . . to provide insights for the faculty into our student's experiences when they journey to El Salvador each summer....
