Peter Schineller

This weekend the government of El Salvador will issue a formal apology for its persecution of the Jesuit order during the bloody civil war of the 1980s This comes a couple of months after the honouring six priests killed 20 years ago For all the murdered priests nuns catechists and ordinary ch

As one result of the earthquake in Haiti much USA and world military energy is being transformed and directed toward humanitarian aid nbsp An aircraft carrier outfitted for war will bring fresh water and medicines to the citizens of Port-au-Prince Helicopters designed to convey soldiers to the b

The nbsp extraordinary life of Fr Josef Neuner age 101 nbsp ended fittingly nbsp on the Feast of St Francis Xavier nbsp theologian missionary to India theology professor nbsp spiritual guide for Blessed Mother Teresa nbsp expert at the Second Vatican Council nbsp collaborator with

A bit of history of religious tolerance nbsp and Jesuit history nbsp with Fr Andrew White S J in 1634 at St Mary s City nbsp nbsp nbsp in colonial Mary-land nbsp Quite fitting for Thanksgiving week See http www washingtonpost com wp-dyn content article 2009 11 24 AR2009112403653 html

The Mission Continues – from the BBC – nbsp nbsp an inspiring story of Jesuit led music in Bolivia – then and now nbsp well worth listening to nbsp nbsp Here is the link nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp http feeds bbc co uk programmes p004sqx7

ldquo hellip the difficult yet noble art of politics rdquo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This phrase from Vatican II Gaudium et Spes No 75 nbsp comes to mind as we remember Senator Ted Kennedy nbsp nbsp The Council encourages those with ta

The most intriguing and exciting part of the new encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI for me nbsp is the brief section of Chapter 3 where he reflects on the ldquo astonishing experience of gift rdquo nbsp As I read this I went back to a sermon of Professor Paul Ricoeur at the University of Chicago

Statistics point to dramatic shifts in Christianity and Catholicism a shift from Europe to North and South America nbsp to especially to Africa and nbsp Asia nbsp This was very much reflected in this three day conference at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley Ca co-sponsored by nbsp S