Moving 2014
Today's poem is by Frank Obrigewitsch, SJ. He wrote the poem as he prepared to move to his new assignment at St. Ignatius parish, Winnipeg after nineteen years at Campion College, Regina....
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Vineyard Parable
Viola Athaide has written a poem about the Gospel parable of the workers in the vineyard. That poem is today's posting on Poetry Tuesdays....
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Nov
Taken Seriously: On Laughter, Life, and Loss
If there is any compliment worthy of Robin Williams' career as an actor it might be that his death was a reminder of how familiar he felt to us. He portrayed characters we came to love with such authenticity that we began to believe we knew him well. I was saddened by news of his death, but not entirely surprised. Many of us struggle with addiction and depression and I could see a familiar sadness in him. In his performing you got the sense that he was trying very hard. His comedy rushed at the world like a firehose trying to douse the flames of pain. And we lined up to be doused. We threw ourselves again and again into his manic stream of laughter. - The article originally appeared in The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org) on August 26, 2014....
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Huronia
From time to time, over the next few months, as part of the "Our Culture" section, igNation will post poetry written by Jesuits. Poems from Gerard Manley Hopkins and St. Robert Southwell will appear as well as poems by contemporary Jesuits. Today's poem is by John D. O'Brien, SJ, a Jesuit scholastic who is studying theology at Regis College in Toronto....
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Oct
As From A Different Life
In today's "Tuesday Poem", Grace Colello writes of her discovery of God. Grace teaches with the Toronto Catholic District...
21
Oct
Living with limits, living well! Hints for neighbours on an endangered planet…, A Book Review
Living with limits, living well! Hints for neighbours on an endangered planet is a wonderful publication intended for people concerned with the condition of our beleaguered world. Its authors are Bill Ryan, SJ and Janet Somerville with Anne O'Brien, gsic and Anne-Marie Jackson, the Director of the Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice. In its forward, Archbishop Paul-André Durocher, President of the CCCB, fittingly describes this work as "a sign of hope in our world."...
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Oct
Stones
From time to time, as part of the "Our Culture" section, , igNation will post poetry written by Jesuits. Poems from Gerard Manley Hopkins and St. Robert Southwell will appear as well as poems by contemporary Jesuits. Today's poem is by Greg Kennedy, SJ, who is studying theology at Regis College in Toronto....
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Oct
Forgiving Father
Today's poem is by Grace Colella who teaches music with TCDSB and is a part-time student in the MAMS program at Regis College, Toronto....
02
Oct
Don’t Be Afraid to Try: Ogres and Poetry
We've all had that moment of fear when asked to do something creative. Fear tells us that if we risk expressing something we are not quite sure of, others will tear it down simply because they don't understand. This pattern leads us to avoid trying new things. It is a pattern that students at Regina's Mother Theresa Middle School are trying to break....