In today’s religious culture, Brebeuf could be seen as a model for other Catholic institutions for evangelization and interreligious dialogue.
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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In the Annunciation, Mary steps quietly into frame
A Reflection for Friday of the Third Week of Advent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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Behold the Handmaid
if you go to Mass, you hear the near-perfect opening
line in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God
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Listen to the saints and mystics: Let nothing disturb you—not even the election.
God alone suffices. Let not Donald disturb you.
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What Marianne Willamson’s quote about fear has in common with Paul’s exhortation to the Ephesians
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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There is no ‘unchosen’ family
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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I encountered the real presence of the American church at the Eucharistic Congress.
One girl told me that the congress ‘has been a sneak peek into heaven.’
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Stephen Curry and the redeeming power of injuries
A Reflection for Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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Even the rough speech of St. Ignatius served God.
A Reflection for the Solemnity of St. Ignatius of Loyola, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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‘Dreams come true’: Bishop Cozzens looks back on the Eucharistic Congress
Bishop Andrew Cozzens, who spearheaded the three-year National Eucharistic Revival, said, “I felt a great fullness of God, one I prayed that everyone would be filled with.”