In the second of this two part series on owls, Frank Obrigewitsch, SJ tells how his interest in owls began in 1969 and how this has continued over the past 47 years. Each of the owls in his vast collection is a connection to places, peoples, events in his life....
In the first of a two part series on owls, Frank Obrigewitsch, SJ continues his reflections on some of the inhabitants of Winnipeg's Assiniboine Zoo....
In the midst of the colleges that make up the University of Toronto is Queen's Park - a space to experience the beauty of God's creation in every season....
In the second of a two part series, Mike Bautista tells how he uses the Ignatian notion of The Two Standards with his grades 4,5, and 6 Sunday school sessions at St. Pius X in St. John's....
In the first of a two part series, Mike Bautista says: "I am writing to seek comment, perhaps to enlighten, but at the very least share some of the joy I experience working with grades 4,5, and 6 during Sunday school at St. Pius X in St. John's. "...
Established in the 1990s by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to deal with a massive influx of Nepalese refugees from Bhutan, the camp has settled more than 100,000 refugees since about 2007. With such an astronomical population, the needs are diverse. Nevertheless, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has combined efforts with groups such as CARITAS International and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to facilitate the resettlement of refugees to various host countries across the globe....
Some 40 years ago, John O'Leary was a Jesuit novice. In this morning's post, John reflects on his year as a novice with the late George Leach, SJ as his Novice Master....
The third decree of the 35th General Congregation sports the subtitle: Sent to the Frontiers", and arriving at Dajabón I thought to myself, "now we're living out the letter!" I quickly realized, however, that the wild-west images of heroic frontiersmen wresting justice and livelihood from the surrounding uncivilized darkness is Hollywood romanticism of the most exaggerated variety. The frontier is not the stage-set where the good guys fight a great fight and inevitably carry the day. Rather it's the ambiguous place where, due to its fluidity and extremity, anything can happen, including tremendous failures."...
Smartphones are supposedly ruining our lives and making us incapable of having real conversations. But phones, like other modern means of communication, are tools. We can surely misuse them, but we can also use them to create meaningful connection. Reprinted from The Jesuit Post....
Learning a language is hard. But Jesuit Brian Strassburger offers five steps to learning a language - Jesuit style. This article is reposted from the jesuit Post....
