Julia Walsh was diagnosed with a progressive eye disorder that has changed her relationship with light. Her relationship with Christ the Light has persevered.
Health and Wellness
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How the Enneagram can make you more merciful (and tolerable)
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley struggle to resist the temptation to “type” each other as they learn about the Enneagram from Liz Orr, author of “The Unfiltered Enneagram: A Witty and Wise Guide to Self-Compassion.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How St. Ignatius’ Examen helped me understand my obsessive-compulsive disorder
The examen carved a space between me and the compulsion, just enough to breathe, to think and to make a deliberate choice.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The problem with cutting off your family members
A “chosen family” has its benefits, but it can also be a way of avoiding the accountability and personal growth found in long-term, committed, familial bonds.
Posted inFaith, Features
What every family grieving a miscarriage or stillbirth deserves from the church
The church helped me heal after my miscarriage. That’s what every grieving mother deserves.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Why Thomas Merton was suspicious of psychedelic drugs
Aldous Huxley convinced me to try psychedelic drugs. Thomas Merton gave me a healthy suspicion of them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: In his latest book, Christian Wiman looks despair in the face
In ‘Zero at the Bone,’ Christian Wiman offers a prismatic series of 50 chapters (52, counting the mystical zeros at the beginning and end) featuring essays, poems, theological reflections, personal reminiscences and literary analyses.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My daughter told me to give up criticizing myself for Lent. Thank God she did.
When my grown daughter let me know how my words had impacted her, I regretted every time I said something negative about my body, not realizing the harm I was imprinting on my perfectly made young girls.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
A Catholic bartender’s conversion to ‘mindful drinking’
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Derek Brown, an award-winning bartender turned expert on no- and low-alcohol cocktails and mindful drinking.
Posted inArts & Culture, News
‘Sober St. Patrick’s Day’: a celebration of Irish culture—minus the alcohol
“Sober St. Patrick’s Day” is set to mark its 13th year of celebrating Irish arts, culture and food—minus the alcohol—following New York’s annual parade for the beloved patron saint of the Irish.