MontyWilliams
Monty Williams, SJ, works in the Spiritual Exercises ministry, is a lecturer at Regis College, Toronto, and is on staff at the Jesuit Communication Project, Toronto.
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Those Who Hunt in Dreams
Using images centered around the notion of being hunters in our dreams, Monty Williams, SJ offers us today's poem....
The Use of Tools
In today's poem for igNations's Poetry Tuesdays, Monty Williams, SJ writes of the use of tools....
the dog hunting (for Martin Royackers, SJ, murdered June 20, 2001)
Martin Royackers, a Canadian Jesuit priest was murdered thirteen years ago while living out his calling to serve the people of God in Jamaica. On the evening of June 20, 2001, Fr. Martin was locking up his parish church, when he was shot at close range through the heart. There were no signs of robbery, and he lay on the veranda to his office clutching the church keys in his hand. Many surmise that Fr. Martin's murder was a result of his outspokenness in assisting poor Jamaican farmers. Certain land-developers had become more hostile in their attacks against the Jesuits in Jamaica. Monty William, SJ wrote this poem to mark the anniversary of Martin's death....
