28 Sep

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 is by Len Altilia, SJ...

25 Sep

In 2012, David O. Russell's romantic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" won the hearts of many and an Academy Award for Jennifer Lawrence. What possible connection could there be between that movie and Quentin Tarantino's violent "Django"?...

25 Sep

Late in September a group of seminarians invited me along with them for a wine tour in the Niagara wine region. This was our "second annual" such excursion. Our "first annual" last fall was so much fun we decided to do it again this year. It was apparent to all that the spiritual director in me was coming out when I suggested that, instead of calling it a "wine tour" we refer to it as a "wine pilgrimage". After all, as I explained, "tours are for the unspiritual, pilgrimages for the spiritual."...

24 Sep

On this poetry Tuesday, in "Anatomy of a Mystery", Frank Obrigewitsch, SJ writes about a very painful illness and how, even in misery, one becomes aware of something special....

23 Sep

Yesterday was the feast of St. Padre Pio. Viola Athaide recounts a 1960 encounter with Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M. Cap. commonly known as Padre Pio, a friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Capuchin....

22 Sep

Today's posting is a breaking news story about climate change. Building on earlier interfaith declarations over the past 5 years, the 2014 Interfaith Summit on Climate Change has adopted a strong statement directed to heads of state, international negotiators and faith communities. The statement was presented to the UN Secretary General with a view to the Summit of Heads of State on 23 September.Poetry Tuesday moves - for this week - to Thursday....

21 Sep

In May, 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 both components of this series we hear what others think about what it means to be a Jesuit – in fiction and in biography. This new series will be about Jesuit life - presented by Jesuits, rather than through the observations and interpretations of others.Today's posting is by Jean-Marc Laporte SJ...

19 Sep

Five and a half years ago, I did something that I had never done in my life up to that point: I packed up everything I felt I needed to survive, left my family and friends behind, and opened up a new chapter to my life. I moved in with a community of Jesuits in Guelph, Ontario to begin a year of candidacy with the Society of Jesus....

18 Sep

Jesus didn't name his parables, so what title should we give this one? When we name parables we draw attention to one of the characters, but to which character do we want to draw attention? The parable we began with has usually been called, the Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, but are they really what the parable is all about? Could it not also be called, the Parable of the Compassionate Employer? Is it about him or is it about the labourers? In either case, the parable raises still more questions:...

17 Sep

Where should we make our personal prayer? Should it be in church, at home, outdoors while communing with God's nature? We read in Matthew's Gospel that Jesus had something to say about where we should pray. He did so in answer to the request by His apostles to teach them how to pray. "But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret" (Mt. 6:6)....

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