One of Archbishop Michael G. McGovern’s questions was: “What advice do you have for me?”
Joe Hoover, S.J.
Joe Hoover, S.J., is America’s poetry editor and producer of a new film, “The Allegory.”
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Different kinds of John the Baptists
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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It’s O.K. to fear the writing on the wall
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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Where divisions get real for Christians
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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Poetry review: Lyric wonder, again and again
In this year’s poetry roundup, some of the poets whose collections we discuss are Catholic, some are not. But regardless of their religious commitments, wonder shows up in these poets’ work again and again.
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Behind the scenes of a Jesuit brother’s unchristian Christian film
I did not write “The Allegory” to be an apologia for Christianity. I began writing the film script in my bedroom in Crown Heights in the summer of 2022 because I had never written a film script.
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A prayer to know God’s will—and carry it out
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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Remembering Robert Redford and ‘Ordinary People,’ his devastating, nearly perfect film
The film is so hard, so painful and so truthful. There is barely a false note to be found.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Fasting for peace in Gaza: What Pope Leo’s call really means
I can’t will myself into a spiritual experience, into a sense of solidarity or meaning or nobility or deep and somber union with God and man. I can will myself into doing regular daily things and recording them and seeing what comes of it all.
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Marketing with Christian humility—or trying to
A Reflection for Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.