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Lent and My Big Birthday

I'm having one of those so-called milestone birthdays in a few weeks. On Ash Wednesday. If my birthday wasn't coinciding with the beginning of...

Up the Ladder

Writing in the Huffington Post, Fr. Jim Martin's literal climb up a scaffolding in an old church becomes a powerful metaphor for the climb...

Remembering Arrupe

I've read much about Pedro Arrupe, the legendary superior general of the Jesuits from 1965-83.  Much of his greatness seems to have resided in...

Catholic Apps

I have a cell phone that isn't very smart. You might say it's barely sentient. I use it for texting and phone calls, occasionally...

What Forgiveness Means

I have a friend whose family members hang onto grudges and slights. They are people who remember everything ever done to them, against them—and...

A Jesuit Off-Broadway

One day at Loyola Press I was given a manuscript to read  and asked to give an opinion.  Nothing unusual about that -- but...

Jesuit Basketball

Jesuit colleges played five basketball games against each other this past weekend -- four men's games and one women's.   The marquee game was Georgetown...

Shabbat Shalom Redux

It's Friday and with plenty of time before sunset, I dashed over* to The Catholic Community of St. Ignatius (Baltimore) to get these: *Grateful to...

What Does Love Look Like?

With Valentine's Day coming up I'm taking the initiative to get folks thinking about love.  Here's a clip that I sometimes make reference to...

Best Ignatian Songs: Gabriel’s Oboe

This is the second time  "Gabriel's Oboe" has appeared in our occasional "Best Ignatian Songs" feature.  (The first time is here.)   The occasion is...

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