Like you, I’ve been reading a lot of commentary about Pope Francis in the past week. I thought I’d pass along four pieces that seem especially enlightening. All four concern themselves with the question that I’m most interested in: What can we expect from a Jesuit pope? In “This Ignatian Franciscan Pope,” Tim Muldoon looks [...]
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This Advent, enjoy our upcoming video reflection series. Each Sunday, starting December 2, 2012, we’ll post a video reflection to help you in your spiritual journey. Reflections will be by Joe Paprocki, Tim Muldoon, Vinita Hampton Wright, and Becky Eldredge. The videos will be posted here on dotMagis. Links also will be available on our [...]
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November is movie month. Hollywood starts releasing its best, Oscar-worthy films, and the end of Daylight Savings time means it’s time for indoor entertainment. Since we just celebrated All Saints Day, I though I’d highlight movies about saints. Fr. Jim Martin, author of My Life with the Saints, has a top-ten list of saint movies [...]
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For the past 20 years, Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ, has been running services for former gang members in Los Angeles that operate under the umbrella of Homeboy Industries. One of the many people who’ve been inspired by his work is Freida Mock, an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker. Her film G-DOG, about Boyle and his work, is [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, Stephen Colbert appeared with Cardinal Timothy Dolan at Fordham University for an evening of one-liners and lighthearted spiritual talk. A crowd of 3000 students loved it. (The Cardinal asked Colbert if he felt pressure to be funny all the time. He shot back, “Do you feel pressure to be holy [...]
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At the Jesuit Post, Jeff Sullivan lists his top 10 bromantic movies. (A “bromance” is a close, non-sexual relationship between two or more men. Yes, I had to look it up too). I can’t believe “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” didn’t make the list. Image by smellyavocado under a Creative Commons license.
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While we’re on the subject of social media, I thought I’d point to a couple of notable digital projects by Loyola Press, the sponsor of this website. The Press’s 3-Minute Retreat has just won the 2012 Wilbur award for web-based communications in multimedia or online video from the Religion Communications Council. This is a pretty [...]
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The Lent-Easter Ignatian Prayer Adventure online retreat started yesterday, but you can join in any time. Take a look. I thought I’d mention a couple of other Lenten resources. A couple are out of the ordinary. Other6 Prays Lent is an online community that helps you find God in the ordinary course of daily life. [...]
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A bunch of young Jesuits launched a new website yesterday called The Jesuit Post. Content will range very widely indeed. The first batch of articles include pieces on David Foster Wallace, parish masses, Tim Tebow, yoga, Paula Deen, the folk-rock band Hem, and health care reform. Editor Paddy Gilger, SJ says “this site is about [...]
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