For Thanksgiving, we give you an inside look into what Jesuit basketball teams to watch out for this season.
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Thanksgiving special: A look at Jesuit basketball
This week, we talk with Brian Larkin of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Larkin is part of the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight. Founded in 2018, the J.B.S. is “a nationwide effort to capitalize on basketball games between Jesuit schools and, through those games, bring greater positive awareness and exposure to Jesuit education and its shared […]
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Will you be taking part in #GivingTuesday? The founder tells us how it began
This week’s guest is Henry Timms, executive director of the 92nd Street Y and the founder of Giving Tuesday. “We started Giving Tuesday after Black Friday and Cyber Monday,” explains Mr. Timms, “to go from a national conversation about consumption to a national conversation about compassion.” Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable-giving season and asks […]
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What is Hipster Catholicism?
Hipsters love the authentic, the craft and the obscure—which is exactly why Catholicism, in its practices and its aesthetic, is perfectly suited for them.
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What is Hipster Catholicism?
In an article that appeared in America over the summer, David Michael wrote: Hipsters are drawn to craft beer, obscure cheeses, organic farms, taxidermy and homemade preserves. They favor hand-dipped candles, old-fashioned stationery, Indian headdresses and the lamentable industrial-chic decor and exposed bricks that mark so many new restaurants and bars. Hipsters love the authentic, […]
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We need to stop treating Latinos as if they were new to Catholicism
This week’s guest is Hosffman Ospino, an associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education at Boston College. His latest piece is “10 ways Hispanics are redefining American Catholicism in the 21st century.” “We tend to think of Hispanics as newcomers,” says Dr. Ospino. Yet, “we need to keep in mind the long history of […]
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Live, from D.C., it’s Jesuitical!
This week, your faithful hosts are in the hot seat.
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Live, from D.C., it’s Jesuitical!
Last weekend Jesuitical took the show on the road for our first live recording at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in my hometown, Arlington, Va. The Teach-In is the country’s largest Catholic social justice gathering, which brings together students from Jesuit high schools and colleges and other members of the Ignatian family for three […]
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Catholics who voted for Trump and love Pope Francis want real change.
This week’s guest is Father Jim McDermott, a Jesuit, screenwriter and America’s Los Angeles Correspondent. His latest piece is “Meet these Catholics who voted for Trump and love Pope Francis” Over 50 percent of U.S. Catholics voted for President Trump and about 80 to 90 percent like Pope Francis. Meeting Catholics who voted for Trump […]
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Black Elk’s journey to Catholicism
This week’s guest is Damian Costello, the author of Black Elk: Colonialism and Lakota Catholicism. Informed by four years of work on the Navajo Reservation, Dr. Costello’s latest piece for America is “Black Elk, the Lakota medicine man turned Catholic teacher, is promoted for sainthood.” Damian Costello describes the iconic biography of Black Elk, a […]