We marked the beginning of Lent yesterday, so why a posting which begins with talk about an Advent theme? Read on and you may well be surprised....
After the terrible earthquakes last year in Nepal, Bill Robins, SJ along with some pre-novices and Jesuit scholastics made a treacherous journey to help build the Jesuit residence in Tipling - 2,100 metres above sea level....
We pass them every day on the streets of our cities. In Toronto there are over 5,000 homeless people living on the streets. What can be done to change the situation?...
Not only is the Ebola epidemic over in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea but local community involvement made the big difference....
Using an example from Mark's gospel, Rev. Robert Cooke shows that "What God values, what matters in the Kingdom is obedience, humility, compassion, sharing and forgiveness. That's what it means to belong in the Kingdom of God and it should be what it means to belong in the church."...
A centuries old theological debate gives Paul Robson,SJ, pause as he completes his three years of theology....
We mark the third anniversary of igNation with a post by Philip Shano, SJ, a frequent contributor. igNation has some 500 subscribers who receive a daily summary of that day's posting. Thanks to the contributions of 182 writers, 1,006 articles, poems and short stories have been posted since we first went on line. We receive between 4,000 to 5,000 "hits" a week. We strive to spread the Gospel in and through the culture of our times. Thanks to all of you for reading igNation. Please continue to do so and to tell your friends about us....
Rev. Robert Cooke puts forth the case that "we need to change the conversation away from membership toward one of belonging. That is I think we need to stop asking how can we get more people to join our church or come to church, to how do we help people belong in the church."...
Simon and Garfunkle's song forms the title of today's posting. In the second of this two part posting Frank Obrigewitsch, SJ looks at horses from his own past....
On this feast day of St. Paul, Ron and Pam Braun tells us why they sent their two sons to St. Paul's - Winnipeg's Jesuit school. Dylan graduated in 2014 and Dawson will graduate in 2017....
