This week in honor of the feast of St. Ignatius (July 31) I will be sharing some reflections on Ignatian Spirituality, inspired by ignatianspirituality.com‘s #FindIggy campaign. Today I’m inspired by the unique spirituality that Ignatius and his spiritual heirs embodied, and how that has offered me a spiritual home. Out at Notre Dame last week IContinue reading >>
Six reactions to Cardinal Burke’s “man-crisis” interview
A few days ago a website with the title “New eMANgelization” published an interview with Cardinal Burke that touched on what they call a “man-crisis” in the Church. After reading a number of summaries and critiques of the interview, I couldn’t get some of its themes out of my head and decided to read theContinue reading >>
What a religious person looks like
I am a religious person. I am also rather smart, not that my intellect has anything to do with being religious. Neither does being affluent (or not), creative (or not), political (or not), or curious (or not). All sorts of people are religious. Religious observance is not confined to the desperate, the certain, or the stupid.Continue reading >>
The Papal statements we should focus on
There has been much sound and fury about the Pope’s recent statements. Between the interview he gave to Jesuit periodicals and his recent apostolic exhortation, he has given us a lot to chew on, and the media’s fascination with him has allowed his quotes to creep into the mainstream. Plenty of folks have put wordsContinue reading >>
50 years later: We remember JFK
I suppose I would be interested in the 50 year mark of the assassination of JFK no matter where I lived, but now that I live and work in the shadow of the JFK library, it’s even more poignant and present. There have been banners with JFKs quotes hanging from the local lampposts for months,Continue reading >>