Father Daniel Flaherty, S.J., who died February 13, 2019, shared his gifts with the Society of Jesus and the church throughout his long career as a Jesuit priest.

People love yoga. People love the spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola. Mash the two together, and you have created a nice, marketable concept that can sweep a bundle of folks into the arms of the Lord and/or the Society of Jesus.

This practice of prayer in front of a piece of bread seems foreign and superstitious. It seems inimical to the communal life the Eucharist is meant to provide.

Mexican Catholics commemorate the day Mary and Joseph presented the Lord in the temple by bringing statues of the Child Jesus to Mass. And afterward: tamales.

The church is my home because my home was a domestic church.

In 1983, Sri Lanka descended into a bitter and prolonged ethnic conflict. Harry Miller, S.J., then almost 60, was thrust into a new role as witness, advocate, intermediary and protector not only for his students but for anyone in Batticaloa who sought his help.