Ascension
In today's poem, Greg Kennedy, Sj, takes a look at what it might have meant - in contemporary terms - to wait for the Ascension of Jesus....
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May
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May
Canadian Jesuits: the Nouns of a Nation
In this piece Kevin Burns writes about his conversation with Jacques Monet SJ, the executive editor of a new two-volume history published by Novalis: "Teachers of a Nation" and "Builders of Nation" both subtitled "Jesuits in English Canada 1842 - 2013" and launched at Regis College two weeks ago in Toronto....
07
May
The Church in Africa
A few years ago, an electrical grid failure left most of Europe in darkness. Over the next week, one could watch night time satellite photographs of Europe go from almost dark to rather bright, as the system was being repaired. Similar pictures taken over Africa would show huge dark areas which are always dark! We regularly receive news of the economic woes in developed countries, but can easily forget the constant struggle the poor in Africa have to survive. Such poverty is certainly unjustified in a world of instant communication. We see material and people move all too quickly into war zones, hopefully to correct evils. Would that the bearers of Christ's peace be able to move as efficiently!...
06
May
Getting to Know the Relations – (12)
For more than 400 years, Jesuits working in Canada have written about their daily life and mission. Originally, their letters were published as The Jesuit Relations (Relations des jésuites). This blog, igNation, continues that tradition with a new series entitled: Getting to Know the Relations.Using excerpts chosen from the first 200 hundred years of these documents, the series presents vignettes which speak to the timeless heart of Jesuit endeavour: the promotion of discernment in order to help people find God in all things.Today: When business interests take over...
05
May
What “Sense of the Faithful” is Not
A relatively new aberration is gaining strength. It has resulted in a confusion between popular opinion and "sense of the faithful" (sensum fidelium) on matters of faith. Extensive reporting on the discussions that took place last autumn during the first session of the Synod on the Family seemed to foster the notion that something could now be regarded as true and followed in the Church because it was accepted by a majority of the Synod on the Family then in session. And apart from any synod, it could be held as approved if now a majority of members in the Church followed such a belief....
04
May
For Dreamers
Today's poem - by Joan Levy Earle - looks at how our dreams play an important role in our lives....
03
May
Why I’d Rather be a Hypocrite Than a Cynic.
The UK is preparing for a general election in May, and apathy is on the rise. The three main parties -- Conservatives, Labour, and Liberal Democrats -- are failing to inspire voters, especially the younger ones. They all seem to be pretty much the same. There's a feeling that nothing will change whoever forms the new Government. The mood among voters, in other words, is sadly...
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May
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May Prayer Intention: Caring for the Suffering
The Universal prayer intention from the Holy Father for the month of May deals with the need to care for the suffering: That, rejecting the culture of indifference, we may care for our neighbors who suffer, especially the sick and the poor." I cannot imagine that there is a person on the face of the earth who doesn't know something about this intention."...
29
Apr
Getting to Know the Relations – (11)
For more than 400 years, Jesuits working in Canada have written about their daily life and mission. Originally, their letters were published as The Jesuit Relations (Relations des jésuites). This blog, igNation, continues that tradition with a new series entitled: Getting to Know the Relations.Using excerpts chosen from the first 200 hundred years of these documents, the series presents vignettes which speak to the timeless heart of Jesuit endeavour: the promotion of discernment in order to help people find God in all things.Today: When a carpenter "is not one"...