“Are you done now? Get up… and follow me now.” Slumped on the floor and crying, Peter looks up after Frank as he walks out of the room. Peter raises a meek objection, but then follows without further protest. When he enters the bathroom, Frank has already turned on the water in the tub. “Take… Read More The Reign of God vs. House of Cards: Why Frank Underwood Would Make a Great Evangelist
Today is the feast day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (the “Jesuits”). The Jesuits are a religious order, officially founded in 1540 and currently numbering over 18,000 priests, brothers, and men in formation. While they are active in a wide variety of ministries throughout the world, they are… Read More Five Things I Learned from the Jesuits
The militant group ISIS, which invaded Iraq from Syria and began seizing control of Iraqi cities several months ago, has systematically persecuted religious and ethnic minorities, forcing many to flee. The terrorist organization imposed Sharia law this past June and recently prevented Christian services from being held in Mosul for the first time 1600 years.… Read More Standing with Iraq’s Christians – And All of Its Persecuted Innocents
This post by Brendan Busse, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. I’ve spent the past two years living and working in Jesuit higher education. In that time I’ve returned again and again to a simple question: What are we doing here, and why? I think it’s a question worth asking – in education and… Read More The Dirtiest Word in Jesuit Higher Education
On June 16th, a University of Toronto PhD student, Alexander Sodiqov, was detained by police in Tajikistan while conducting field research for a project on why western styles of conflict management were failing in former Soviet Republics. Sodiqov, originally from Tajikistan, was apprehended while collecting information as a part of research concerning civil society and… Read More Autocracy vs. Academic Freedom
El Salvador. Honduras. Guatemala. Three countries in Central America with increasing, rampant gang violence and homicide. These are also the 3 countries from which the greatest influx of unaccompanied minors are crossing the border, fleeing to the United States. If we look at the graph, it is clear that the increase of unaccompanied children crossing… Read More Crisis on the Border: The Global Refugee Crisis Comes to America
For those of us living with disability or chronic illness, Christ’s wounds are a remarkable reminder that we, too, bear the image of God. Yet the inclusion of people with disabilities in society – and even in the life of the Church – has hardly been historically constant. In the fifth century, for instance, Augustine… Read More Following Pope Francis’ Lead: Authentic Inclusion for Disabled People
Millennial 