Reflections on the Syrian Refugee Situation
Norbert Piche is the Country Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service for Canada. He offers some reflections on the current situation....
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The Best Fast Food in America
Business Insider has done one of those unscientific reader's choice surveys and on the strength of 2200 responses has determined the Best Fast Food in America. We can take that to include the rest of North America, because most of these epicurean delights do not require a run to the border...
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Dec
On the Death of Paul McNabb
Paul McNabb just passed away. He was the main artisan of the timber and log buildings at the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre in Espanola.Together he and Mike Murray, SJ put up churches in Sagamok, Mississauga First Nation Community near Blind River, Armstrong, Fort Albany, and the little Retreat House on Lake Superior in Thunder Bay. A trail was maintained with bridges built, over the La Cloche Mountains and so much more....
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Dec
The Mercy of God
The universal prayer intention entrusted to the worldwide Apostleship of Prayer for this final month of 2015: Experiencing God's Mercy - "That all may experience the mercy of God, who never tires of forgiving." This intention coincides with the December 8 start of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy....
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Dec
2nd Sunday of Advent – The Uncomfortable Truth
There are no lack of prophets in the Old Testament. Philip Shano, SJ reminds us that there are modern day prophets who cry out for justice and who fulfil our need for hope....
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Dec
Waiting: Where We Are Now – Four Reflections for Advent 2015 – (1) Looking for The Kingdom
In the first of a four part series of Advent reflections, our prayer centers around the theme that Advent is a time of waiting - a waiting that opens our eyes and our hearts....
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Dec
It’s That Time of Year Again
How many shopping days left till Christmas? How many days till you have to mail out Christmas cards - if indeed you send any? Paul Sullivan has answers and more questions....
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Breaking Out
Today's posting in igNation's "Poetry Tuesday" is by Jesuit scholastic, Greg Kennedy who is studying theology in Bogata, Colombia....
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The Knowledge of Encounter
Knowledge is collected and gained and used through experience, and those moments change us. But growing into that change takes a long time. A doctor friend of mine says he learned a great deal about what a doctor does in medical school. But for him, he didn't begin to know how to be a doctor until a situation of life and death presented itself in the examining room. Damian Torres-Botello, SJ shares a moment that changed him in this post originally published in The Jesuit Post....