11 Nov

Since March 2008 I have been working as a teacher and international partner at the Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation (KAICT) in Monrovia, Liberia. Late in 2013 the deadly Ebola virus was discovered in our neighboring country Guinea and in due course it reached us in Liberia. At first the number of cases of Ebola was relatively few. So I took some home leave in Canada in late June. However, by August the disease had spread throughout Liberia as well as Guinea and Sierra Leone. The question arose as to whether I should return to Liberia as I had planned....

10 Nov

In this article, originally published in The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org) on August 6, 2014, Matt Spotts, SJ reflects on the first world war one hundred years ago and what its legacy is today....

10 Nov

During the early days of the Second Battle of Ypres a young Canadian artillery officer, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, was killed on 2nd May, 1915 He was serving in the same Canadian artillery unit as a friend of his, the Canadian military doctor and artillery commander Major John McCrae.As the brigade doctor, John McCrae was asked to conduct the burial service for Alexis because the chaplain had been called away It is believed that later that evening, after the burial, John began the draft for his now famous poem "In Flanders Fields"....

09 Nov

In the past few months IgNation has presented three sets of Jesuit portraits. Jesuits were viewed through the lens of fiction, through the filter of biography, and through the written equivalent of "selfies" – short autobiographical reflections by contemporary Jesuits.Today, in the first of three articles, IgNation contributor, Kevin Burns, looks through this collection of portraits to identify some of the recurring themes and images. This is what he learned about being a Jesuits from a somewhat random and eclectic set of novels....

06 Nov

With the help of the Hubble telescope, a team of astronomers have discovered what they say is the earliest galaxy ever glimpsed in the heavens. A smudge of galactic light on a Hubble image clocks in at a mere 480 million years after the Big Bang - light from a fledgling galaxy 13.2 billion years ago. That story is wondrous enough. More intriguing, however, were the comments posted on the CBC website that announced the stellar news. One early commentator weighed in with the following comment: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It's an amazing discovery - looking at the very beginning of God's work."...

05 Nov

For Evangelization (7) That Christians in Oceania may joyfully announce the faith to all the people of that region....

04 Nov

Here in Madrid I take a twenty minute walk to mass every Sunday. Directly in my path is the hospital. Her hospital. The one with the 'Ebola Nurse'. The local papers run several front page stories about her every day. A bank of cameras and news vans huddle permanently just outside the gate waiting for something. There was even a public debate about whether her dog should be euthanized -- animal rights on one side and Ebola paranoia on the other. Paranoia won. Excalibur, the dog, was destroyed Wednesday. Her husband remains in quarantine. Reprinted with permission from The Jesuit Post (11/15/14)...

03 Nov

From time to time, over the next few months, 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 John D. O'Brien, SJ, a Jesuit scholastic who is studying theology at Regis College in Toronto....

02 Nov

In May 2014, igNation launched a series exploring the Jesuit identity as it is expressed in works of fiction: "Keyword: Jesuit, Genre: Fiction". This was followed by the series "Keyword: Jesuit, Genre: Biography". In these two series we hear what others think about what it means to be a Jesuit – in fiction and in biography. This new series – "Keyword: Jesuit, Genre: Autobiography" – will explore what it means to be a Jesuit today – as told in their own words by Canadian Jesuits. The articles – written for igNation –are as different in expression and format as the men who wrote them. Today's Posting - What It Means to Me to Be A Jesuit Today - is by Santiago Rodriguez, SJ...

30 Oct

There are some Christians who question whether we should celebrate a day that has become so secularized. But the Church has been celebrating Halloween for centuries. The real meaning of Halloween is All Hallows' Eve or All Saints' Eve. We are using humour and ridicule to confront the power of death....

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