Jim's Books
Sports
Are Jesuit Hoops the Strongest?
With powerful programs such as Georgetown, Gonzaga, Xavier, Creighton, and Marquette, Jesuit basketball is surely the strongest among religious-affiliated Division I schools. Or is it?
The Wall Street Journal classified...
Reflections
You Spot It, You Got It
Recently I read a column in a Catholic publication that was about an important and controversial topic. Yet it was so full of invective and nasty ad hominem attacks...
Meditation
Prayer of All Things
"The earth is the only road that can lead us to heaven. There is no other. And the earth is not an idea, an argument, an abstraction, or a...
Jesuit History
Why Edgar Allen Poe Liked the Jesuits
Church historian Pat McNamara writes about how the Jesuits at St. John's College (later Fordham University) befriended Edgar Allen Poe in the last years of his life. The poet,...
Jesuit History
Losing One’s Life
Luis Espinal, SJ, is a Jesuit hero I hadn't heard about. He was a Spanish Jesuit who worked for social justice in Bolivia. He was murdered in 1980. He...
Media
A Good Camino
I went to see the new movie The Way this week, and I can warmly recommend it. It's one of those movies that causes you to ask "How can...