If the only Jesuit you ever met was the subject of a biography in a library collection, what would this individual tell you about Jesuit life?In this series, IgNation blogger Kevin Burns, who is not a Jesuit, takes a look at some of the works that come up in a large urban public library he entered the search term "Jesuit" and filtered it through the genre of "Biography". The books that popped up include some familiar names and some not so familiar but still very real Jesuits.The first article in the series looks at Matteo Ricci, SJ who arrived in China in 1583....

xTouring in 1970 by car in France, or "going to the Continent" as the English said, was venturesome, no question, especially in a car with right-hand steering. Yet that was what I intended to do for three weeks during May with a fellow Jesuit. We headed off through south London towards Kent and Dover to the ferry on our first tour of France....

Grade nine kids come to St. Paul 's from varied backgrounds-–socio-economic, religious, ethnic--- but they all face the same new challenge: theology. Our grade nine course is a primer in the basics of the Catholic Christian faith and we begin with a unit on the Society of Jesus....

If the only Jesuit you ever met was a character in a work of fiction in a library collection, what would this individual tell you about Jesuit life?In this series, IgNation blogger Kevin Burns, who is not a Jesuit, takes a look at some of the works that come up in a large urban public library when he entered the search term "Jesuit" and filtered it through the genre of "Fiction". The novels that popped up include some familiar names and some not so familiar Jesuits.This week: the martyrdom-risking missionary, Paul Laforgue SJ....

Math problem!Little Johnny has 37 candies and wants to divide them evenly among his five buddies, leaving an equal number for himself. How many candies does each of the boys get?Answer: Little Johnny hasn't the faintest idea....

If the only Jesuit you ever met was a character in a work of fiction in a library collection, what would this individual tell you about Jesuit life?In this series, IgNation blogger Kevin Burns, who is not a Jesuit, takes a look at some of the works that come up in a large urban public library when he entered the search term "Jesuit" and filtered it through the genre of "Fiction". The novels that popped up include some familiar names and some not so familiar Jesuits.This week: a Spanish Jesuit, code-breaking, astronomy-obsessed, archive-sleuthing priest, Father Hector....

If the only Jesuit you ever met was a character in a work of fiction in a library collection, what would this individual tell you about Jesuit life?In this series, IgNation blogger Kevin Burns, who is not a Jesuit, takes a look at some of the works that come up in a large urban public library when he entered the search term "Jesuit" and filtered it through the genre of "Fiction". The novels that popped up include some familiar names and some not so familiar Jesuits.This week: the non-fictional Jesuit, Gerard Manley Hopkins S.J., as portrayed by Ron Hansen in his biographical novel, Exiles....

If the only Jesuit you ever met was a character in a novel, what would the fiction tell you about Jesuit life?In the fifth of this occasional series, IgNation blogger Kevin Burns, who is not a Jesuit, takes a look at some of the works that come up in a large urban public library he entered the search term Jesuit and filter the results for fiction. The books that popped up include some familiar and some not so familiar depictions of Jesuits.If the only Jesuit you ever met was a character in a novel, what would the fiction tell you about Jesuit life?In the fifth of this occasional series, IgNation blogger Kevin Burns, who is not a Jesuit, takes a look at some of the works that come up in a large urban public library he entered the search term Jesuit and filter the results for fiction. The books that popped up include some familiar and some not so familiar depictions of Jesuits.If the only Jesuit you ever met was a character in a work of fiction in a library collection, what would this individual tell you about Jesuit life?In this series, IgNation blogger Kevin Burns, who is not a Jesuit, takes a look at some of the works that come up in a large urban public library when he entered the search term "Jesuit" and filtered it through the genre of "Fiction". The novels that popped up include some familiar names and some not so familiar Jesuits.This week: Bartolomeu Laurenço SJ, one of the main characters in Azhar Abidi's Passarola Rising...

June is a traditional month for weddings. Michael Stogre, SJ, shares with us the homily he preached as his god-daughter's wedding at Sharbot Lake, Ontario....

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