SantiagoRodriguez

Santiago Rodriguez, SJ, is a Jesuit scholastic studying in the USA and also working with the Hearts on Fire Young Adult ministry.


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    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...

    19 Aug

    Haven't you at times told God something that didn't match up with your heart? How about reciting a prayer to simply appease your guilt or instigate your piety? I've been there – done that – time and time again. But prayer is not supposed to be a bed of roses. Thankfully, the Good Lord can be very blunt with me and he is constantly disabusing me of my spiritual opulence. Lately, Christ has been back at it again. This time, he drove me to some mountains in Brazil to invite me to ruminate on the power of prayer. This meditation has taken flesh in some questions: How does prayer affect us? How does it transform our hearts and our lives? What happens to us as we draw near to the living Lord to speak to him of the movements of our hearts? How does God mold us as we discern his presence in our lives? How does prayer change the pray-er?...

    05 Aug

    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of The Little Prince, was a pioneer of commercial aviation. He flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He loved flying. He also loved writing about friendship and love. Because of this, he was nicknamed the 'winged poet'. In his book Airman's Odyssey, de Saint-Exupéry wrote about how love transforms us. When we encounter love, it refashions our lives. Love invites us to contemplate a new horizon, the place where our hearts encounter the heart of the beloved. Love incites us to contemplate and to journey towards that horizon because intimacy is beyond fear. As de Saint-Exupéry states, "Love is more than gazing at each other. It consists in looking outward together in the same direction."...

    02 Oct

    On Sunday nigh, September 22, 2013, after winning an Emmy Award, Tina Fey used her acceptance speech backstage to thank the Pope. She started the speech by thanking her husband and the children of her "30 Rock" staff. Then, she thanked Pope Francis for "being cool about some stuff"....

    29 Sep

    In September and October of 2013, a number of Jesuits and their lay collaborators attended media training workshops in Toronto and Regina offered by Mr. Ian Hanna. The purpose of the workshops? To familiarize the participants with ways of best dealing with the media to present our message in today's mass mediated world....

    18 Mar

    The Life of Pi – the best-selling novel by Yann Martel adapted by Ang Lee – is a compelling and beautiful film. It is a visual delight and its magnificent score is a lovely lullaby – it soothes the soul. The film portrays the story of Piscine Molitor Pi Patel, the son of an Indian zoo keeper, adrift after a shipwreck that claimed the life of his family. The incident acutely affects Pi; a teenager who has striven his whole life to understand the world around him, the emotions of those who live in it and the various beliefs that exist in that world. Pi survives the wreckage, but his life remains endangered. Not only is he adrift at sea, but also the other inhabitant of the lifeboat is a dangerous and hungry Bengal tiger – Richard Parker....

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