Listen to the City: College education should include more than just the classroom.
Many readers of The Wall Street Journal have children in college or are guiding their offspring toward the “right choice” of a college as their secondary school years wind down. So it was not surprising to find a feature article in the Journal’s “Wealth Management” sect
Redefining Success: Jesuit high schools in the age of Francis
Jesuit high schools are rightfully proud of their reputation for graduating students who, by any academic standard, do very well. Many of our graduates attend selective colleges, excel professionally and achieve remarkable financial and social success. Most are models of urbane, sophisticated young
What Martyrdom Means: On the death of a brother Jesuit
Frans van der Lugt, S.J.—who on April 7 was shot in the head, twice, in front of his home in the city of Homs, Syria—had been living under siege for 20 months when, in January, he recorded a video message challenging the outside world to help. He ends this video, one that made him f
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The human person is never shorthand, but always prose; indeed, is actually poetry.
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True GreatnessI was surprised and grateful to read “Ford’s Foundation,” by Aaron Pidel, S.J. (3/31), about the true greatness of John C. Ford, S.J.When I was a young Jesuit in philosophy studies at Weston College, Father Ford helped me greatly to deal with a number of spi
Editorials
The Climate Crisis
Church’s focus on the human factor may help to broaden discussion of environmental policy.
Faith in Focus
Larger Than Life: Encountering my first Jesuit
Brian Doyle recalls his first encounter with a Jesuit, a huge and humble priest.
Books
A Lost Generation?
‘Young Catholic America’ explains why many emerging adults are “out of faith and gone.”
A Process of Protest
‘Thank You, Anarchy,’ gives a detailed account of the inception and growth of the Occupy movement.
Myth-Making: Timeless tales for a new generation
The stories that help us make sense of our lives and faith
Art
The Streets of Paris: Charles Marville’s photographs of a city transformed
Charles Marville’s photographs of a city transformed
Poetry
Soul II
I hung my soul to dry on a fence post near the property line,Just out of sight. Days passed, rains came; it stiffenedSmall black spots grew bit by bitThen it was past rescue and fraying.But I was angry for what she cost me, and now the trouble of repairAnd then to wear such a tattered, raggy…
The Word
The Master Builder
Jesus was a tekt n or craftsman by trade Mk 6 3 someone who built things with wood brick and stone We do not know what types of physical structures he worked on with his father Joseph but we can speak of his spiritual legacy as the one who built the house of God The…
Current Comment
Current Comment
Federal regulators have so far declined to rein in high-frequency trading.
Generation Faith
Finish the Course: Going beyond the basics of Catholic education
When I started high school at Walsh Jesuit in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, I was pretty sure I had the whole religion thing down. I grew up in a Catholic family and had attended Catholic schools since kindergarten. I went to Mass every weekend and on holy days, had taken religion classes every day for year
Of Other Things
Coffee Clutch
Most of the drama of communal living plays out around the kitchen sink.
Signs Of the Times
Unprecedented Double Canonization Draws Multitudes
Canonizing two recent popes in the presence of his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis praised the new saints, John XXIII and John Paul II, as men of courage and mercy who responded to challenges of their time by modernizing the Catholic Church in fidelity to its ancient traditions. “They were
South Sudan: ‘Where God Weeps’
South Sudan’s civil war has taken a brutal turn, despite appeals from the country’s church leaders to stop the violence. In the oil hub of Bentiu, rebels loyal to ousted Vice President Riek Machar, an ethnic Nuer, killed more than 200 civilians and wounded more than 400 in mid-April, the
When the Pope Calls
Reports that Pope Francis told an Argentine woman civilly married to a divorced man that she could receive Communion “cannot be confirmed as reliable,” said Federico Lombardi, S.J., the Vatican spokesman, on April 24. World media quickly picked up the story after an account of the phone
Ukraine Bishop Urges ‘Firm Action’
Pro-Russian protesters stormed government buildings in eastern Ukrainian cities.
As Religious Clashes Continue, Calls for Partition Increase
Tensions between Christian and Muslim communities in the Central African Republic appear to be rising. As the predominately Christian anti-balaka (“anti-machete”) militias continue to harass Muslims around the country, there are signs that Seleka rebels, who are mostly Muslim, are attemp
News Briefs
A small group of Teresian Carmelites from Kerala, India, began working in the Diocese of Bismarck, N.D., in February, the first time members of the congregation have served in the Western Hemisphere. • Jesuits in Honduras have demanded an investigation after Carlos Mejia Orellana, 35, marketing
Washington Front
An Empty Spring
Special interests with unlimited political money are more effective at stopping things than advancing them.
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