A Good News Story
Not only is the Ebola epidemic over in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea but local community involvement made the big difference....
05
Feb
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26
Jan
Star (Wars) of Wonder!
Could "that child-like sense of wonderment that is fitting for Advent and the Christmas season" also be found in the new Star Wars movie? This posting first appeared in The Jesuit Post....
07
Jan
The Face of Jesus
This posting by Brian Strassburger, SJ, - originally pubiished in The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org)- examines the ways Christ has been depicted in art through the centuries....
30
Dec
Well Aged:: Embracing the Young and Old
As I encounter the dead and dying, young, old, and in between, I wonder about the living who remain: those of us who keep breathing, who keep walking into broken hearts, who have to continue to make sense of a messy world and a messy life within it. I wonder whether I'm living well. Today's post, originally published in The Jesuit Post, looks at what it means to "live well."...
29
Nov
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....
22
Nov
Prada or Nada: 3 Simple Fashion Tips from Pope Francis
In this article, originally posted in The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org), Henry Longbottom, SJ, offers some inspiring fashion tips from a most unusual source - Pope Francis....
11
Nov
First Impressions Stick
In this article, originally posted in The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org), Dan Everson, SJ looks at some of the origins of religious extremism and his own relation to extremism....
03
Nov
The Good and The Perfect
Garrett Gundlach,SJ, writes about winning and losing in this repost from The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org): "All my trophies as a kid were participation trophies – the kind you get just for showing up, no- even just for having your name on the roster. 5th grade basketball. 1st grade pine wood derby. I had plenty of opportunities to learn how to lose gracefully, just on account of how many times I was 'able' to lose...
29
Oct
It’s The Pope! What Francis’ Visit Reveals About Americans.”
In this article, posted originally in The Jesuit Post, Bill McCormick,SJ looks at what Americans can take away from the Pope's visit to the USA. "I think Boehner's "It's the Pope!" will remain my favorite interpretation of Francis' time with us. Because it is the pope who inspires us. But now it's up to us to follow his lead."...
22
Oct
Francis, Thirst, and The Joy of Encounter
St. Joe's Prep, the Jesuit high school in Philadelphia – hosted 2Philly4Francis," an intentional, spiritual journey to coincide with Pope Francis' visit . . At school I worked for months with a team of students and adult volunteers to prepare to welcome more than 300 teenage pilgrims from 42 Jesuit high schools for a 5-day, 4-night event filled with talks, breakout sessions, prayer and, we hoped, more than a few sightings of His Holiness."This article first appeared in The Jesuit Post....