James Martin, S.J.

NCR and Whispers both noted this surprising video of Father General Adolfo Nicolas speaking–in English–on vocations and religious life The clip seems to have been taken from a Jesuit vocation video What we need today says Nicolas is the ability to dream greater dreams for the world

Robert Mickens the Tablet s Rome correspondent has a brief piece in that mag s latest issue on the recently revised prayer from the Tridentine rite for Good Friday The Tablet For those who haven t followed the controversy here it is in short When Pope Benedict issued his motu

A few months ago I wrote a piece in the magazine on the essential place of joy humor and laughter in the spiritual life and in the life of the church The Most Infallible Sign In it I suggested that not only was Jesus most likely a person of great wit but also that the saints and the great C

The new movie 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days about an illegal abortion in Romania during its communist era won the prestigious Palme d Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year The New York Times in a rave review said that that Christian Mungiu s new work deserves to be seen by the largest

Somewhat buried in a response to a post from January 25 on NCR s website John Allen quashes some popular and widespread rumors about the election of Father Nicolas courtesy of the Jesuits s press officer Jose de Vera Here is Allen reporting on de Vera s answer to a question at the pr

I spent two years working in Nairobi Kenya during my Jesuit formation During that time I was befriended by Kenyans from a variety of ethnic groups Kikuyu Luo Kamba Samburu Kalenjin Maasai and many others They taught me a select few words in their languages so that in addition to Kis

Readers of America magazine are already familiar whether they know it or not with the work of Don Doll the award-winning Jesuit photographer who teaches at Creighton University His gorgeous photos have been part of our magazine for several years Over the past several weeks his photos of th

Here s a link to the complete text of Father Adolfo Nicolas s freewheeling meeting with the press on Jan 25 in which he says among other things that he s neither Father Kolvenbach Father Arrupe or even Elvis Some journalists say that I am like Arrupe or like Kolvenbach half and

From the latest press release from GC35 Father General Adolfo Nicol s capped an eventful week as the newly elected superior general of the Jesuits with a private audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI The Saturday audience began with a photo session and then the two sat down for a warm