It's been six months since I arrived in Winnipeg and assumed the position of President at St. Paul's High School. To say the least it's been an eventful six months, full of 'firsts' and lots of learning. That will only accelerate in the second term....
So, what did Oscar winning director Danny Boyle do in his free time while directing the Opening ceremonies of the London 2012 Summer Olympics watched by an audience of close to a billion people with a cast of 10,000 including Queen Elizabeth II playing - well – Queen Elizabeth II. To begin with he directed a successful West End production of Frankenstein featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, who are currently playing separate Sherlocks on TV shows. And if that wasn't enough Boyle also shot Trance, a psychological heist thriller....
For this week's poem, igNation turns to Johnston Smith who teaches at St. Paul's High School in Winnipeg, Manitoba...
At the end of his blog entry - "Surviving Catastrophe" - Kevin Burns wrote: "What Philip Shano's article on the Restoration of the Jesuits provoked in me, and why I waded through these details, was that in addition to wanting the get the history clear in my mind, I wanted answers to another question. After 41 years of invisibility, how was it that the Society of Jesus managed so quickly to re-establish itself around the world?" . . how did the Ignatian vision live on? Erik Oland, SJ writes in response to those questions....
Here at St. Bon's when we hear the morning prayer there is always something new that we are asked to pray for. But you know that time in April when we are all asked to "pray for priestly vocations?" Well, that topi made me think. What exactly am I supposed to be praying for here?...
One year ago today - February 13, 2013 - igNation posted it's first articles - one in each of our four categories - Our Culture, Our Daily Lives, Our Seasons, Our Spirituality. In honor of this first anniversary, we repost these first four articles. Please enjoy!...
One year ago today - February 13, 2013 - igNation posted it's first articles - one in each of our four categories - Our Culture, Our Daily Lives, Our Seasons, Our Spirituality. In honor of this first anniversary, we repost these first four articles. Please enjoy!...
One year ago today - February 13, 2013 - igNation posted it's first articles - one in each of our four categories - Our Culture, Our Daily Lives, Our Seasons, Our Spirituality. In honor of this first anniversary, we repost these first four articles. Please enjoy!...
The Church and the secular world have different understandings of sin. When the media and other secular institutions talk about sin, they often equate sin with evil, with little deviation from this. The Church, on the other hand, from its earliest years has had a different understanding of sin....
As part of our ongoing poetry Tuesday, here is a poem by Grace Colella who teaches with the Toronto Catholic District School Board and is a part-time student in the MAMS program at Regis College....
