Jim's Books
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...
Social Justice
What the Poor Teach the Comfortable
Dean Brackley, SJ, died recently. He was an American Jesuit who moved to the University of Central America in 1989 shortly after the murders of Jesuits there. Jim Martin,...
Media
Steve Jobs and the Saints
A couple of Jesuit editors have noted that the death of Steve Jobs elicited emotion akin to the to the feelings religious believers have for saints. Jim Martin, SJ,...
Education
Does Hooking Up Work?
Rick Malloy, SJ, VP at the University of Scranton, prods students to ask some questions:
Will a man or woman who had multiple sexual partners make a good...