Author Archives: The Jesuit Post on Millennial
Pride & Protectiveness: A Parental Lesson
[This post by Joe Simmons, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is a blogger] A few weeks ago I got a glimpse of the pride – and protectiveness – I think a parent might feel for her child. And it felt awesome. It happened because we were rolling out the […]
On Suicide: Something has got to change
[This post by Quang Tran, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is an ATL Correspondent] January 2. Dr. Peter J. N. Linnerooth, 43, an army psychologist who spent time with troops in Iraq helping them cope with PTSD, shot himself at Reno, VA, after being denied the help to which he thought he […]
What Pope Francis Wants to Change
[This article by Sam Sawyer, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is an associate editor] What does this Pope want to change? Us. That’s his plan, his agenda for the Church — because change is basic to faith, as he explained in a 2007 interview: “Fidelity is always a change, […]
An Open Letter to Parents: Thank You for Not Using the Cry Room
[This post by Joe Simmons, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is a blogger] As pregnancies go, ‘Lisa’ was born far sooner than expected. At least that’s what I told Miss Leah in my kindergarten Montessori class some 25 years ago. When my dad picked me up from school that […]
French Bishops On Love and Gay Marriage
[This post by Eric Sundrup, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is an Associate Editor] Facebook got something right. When it comes to our love lives… “It’s complicated.” Whether gay or straight, they’re fraught with tensions and vulnerabilities and, frankly, they’re often quite messy. Our feelings and our identities are tied […]
The 2nd Inauguration: Now Can We Say Racism Is Dead?
[This article by Mario Powell, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is a columnist] On Wednesday, November 7, 2012, the lead article in The New York Times crowed: “Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda […]
Cultural Satire, Gangnam Style
[This post by Paddy Gilger, SJ originally appeared in The Jesuit Post on September 26, 2012] I walked into my Jesuit community a week ago to find three of my brothers dancing. Not just moving in place dancing, but real, shake-it, dancing. They were watching a music video, grins pasted all over their faces and […]
