Weighting To Exhale
In this article, reprinted with permission from The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org) April 21, 2015, Damian Torres-Botekki, SJ, take an honest look at obesity and what it means for his life....
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Aug
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Aug
My Kathmandu
Inspired by the igNation series of articles about English Canadian Jesuit cities, Fr. Bill Robins, SJ writes about his own city - Kathmandu , Nepal where he has lived and worked for almost forty years....
15
Aug
Finding a Home in Belize
Canadian Jesuit novice Brook Stacey sends this report from Belize where he spent five months working with the Jesuits there for his novitiate "long experiment."...
14
Aug
On The Road (5)
This is the fifth in a series written by Andrea Carandang, a student in the Concurrent Teaching Education Program at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, spending the summer as a Jesuit Volunteer with Mother Teresa Middle School in Regina. In this posting Andrea writes about searching for an answer to a question we have all asked God from time to time - "Where are You?"...
13
Aug
An Inconvenient Faith: Ruined for life
I learn a lot from JVs and FJVs about what it means to be a Jesuit. I've had the privilege of serving as a spiritual director for a JV these past months. It's been a tough year for her. It had to be. She had to be ruined. How else will she actualize the radical reinvention that the Jesuit Volunteer Corps calls her to? That Jesus calls her to? But, she hasn't quit, despite the hardship, heartbreak, and inconvenience of it all. She has become stronger, wiser, focused, and prayerful.She and other JVs and FJVs have shown me time and time again that to be ruined is to be called forth, crushed by an experience of reality in four core values that can form the foundation of a life in faith that does justice. And, when they are ruined, I'm ruined. They ruin me by their witness of embracing inconvenience and always going further still. So, thanks, a lot, JVC. You didn't make it easier for me, but you weren't supposed to. You showed me that it's good to be ruined, and that I am.Reprinted with permission from The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org), May 5, 2015....
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Aug
My (insert name of city here) . . . . (13)
For over 400 years, Jesuits and their colleagues have had a presence in Canada. Today they work coast to coast - from Vancouver to St.John's. In this series igNation invites you to join us as we travel across Canada stopping at cities where there are Jesuit apostolates to read personal reflections about the city and the work being done there. Today we finish our journey with a visit to St. John's, Newfoundland....
09
Aug
Catching Up with The Krishnas
The Hare Krishnas. We've seen them on the streets and at airports around the world. But what do we know about them? Greg Kennedy, SJ reports on his encounters with the Hare Krishnas. What he has to say may surprise you....
06
Aug
Half the world’s animals are gone: The first step is admitting we’re the problem.
I woke up yesterday morning and half the animals were gone.Since 1970, 52 per cent of the world's population of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles -- every living creature except people -- have vanished. There are still lots of people, you'll be pleased to learn. During the same period, 1970-2010, the world's human population nearly doubled, from 4 billion to over 7 billion....
05
Aug
My (insert name of city here) is ….. (12)
For over 400 years, Jesuits and their colleagues have had a presence in Canada. Today they work coast to coast - from Vancouver to St.John's. In this series igNation invites you to join us as we travel across Canada stopping at cities where there are Jesuit apostolates to read personal reflections about the city and the work being done there. Today we stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia....
04
Aug
The Story of Ted and Benjamin
Grief and bereavement - we all face them at various times in our lives. Maria Kelsey writes in today's posting about how young students she taught dealt with the death of a school friend....