Half of the Animals in The World
"I was hoping we’d make it through last summer without a bunch of dead bears scattered across the landscape, but it was a faint hope."...
24
Jan
23
Jan
Children’s Stories & Adult Realities
"A perfectly misguided lesson plan, ruined by the realities of students. Colten Biro, SJ, reflects on how his students’ stories made things real." Reposted with permission from The Jesuit Post....
19
Jan
A 100 Year Old Treasure in the Novitiate
In the Canadian Jesuit novitiate, there we find a 100 year old treasure named Jean-Marie Rocheleau, SJ....
17
Jan
Bundle Up Winnipeg: Students Care
Two senior high school students at the Jesuit high school in Winnipeg provide us with an extraordinary example of what it means to be "men for others"...
16
Jan
Growing Up Undocumented
"How can an encounter change what laws and walls cannot?" Reposted with permission from The Jesuit Post....
11
Jan
Weston
For the past four or five years, Michael Enright has been spending one week a year, sometimes two, in a kind of secular retreat at the Weston Priory in Vermont....
10
Jan
Bemused or Benewsed
"Now and then, I’m bemused by a story in the news. Or maybe that’s benewsed."...
07
Jan
The Ontario Bubble Zone Law
"The Ontario legislature disenfranchised me and many citizens in late October 2017. We stand against the large number of abortions in our province. Society should provide viable alternatives to assist women (and men) distressed by unexpected pregnancies. Instead, the “bubble zone” law hides the problem."...
03
Jan
The Journey Continues: Letters Home, 1965 – 67 – Part 14
"These last two journey letters were written in Manitoba as the Philosopher Jesuit began a new phase of his Jesuit formation; he becomes a Regent, Mr. Obrigewitsch, S.J"...
28
Dec
How Studying Philosophy Can Change Your Life (No. Seriously…)
"Traditionally, philosophers have focussed on the rational aspects of being human; but two centuries ago, Charles Darwin taught us to think of ourselves as animals who evolved over millions of years to become who we are today. He is, of course, quite right about this."...