Jesuit institutions need to offer persuasive alternatives to the dystopian narratives that shape our personal and institutional psyches.
Spirituality
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Meet the team breaking new ground in filmmaking (and fundraising) to bring Jesus’ beatitudes to life
“8beats,” the brainchild of the Catholic Creatives, is an ambitious new project: a cinematic anthology on the beatitudes.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
To experience God is to know life is not meant to be sad
God is the small burst of joy that suddenly reveals how dark our worlds really are.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
How do you picture belief and unbelief?
Belief is not a one-time event. It’s a transformation we must await.
Posted inFaith, Features
What can nuns and ‘nones’ learn from one another?
The Nuns and Nones project seeks to bring these two groups together in order to explore new forms of community life, help millennials see models for sustainable activism and create an intergenerational network of connections.
Posted inExamen, Faith
James Martin, S.J.: Experiencing prayer
What happens when you pray? You can experience powerful emotions, surprising insights and consoling memories. You can also experience feelings, both physical and otherwise.
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
“I can’t date Jesus”: A conversation with Michael Arceneaux
Michael Arceneaux has stopped going to church. But he hasn’t given up on God just yet.
Posted inExamen, Faith
James Martin, S.J.: Focusing on memory in prayer
Memory is one of the most powerful of all experiences in prayer, but it’s often ignored.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
We don’t use religious words anymore. That’s a problem.
When was the last time you talked about faith with a friend?
Posted inExplainer, Faith
When a 5-year-old Irish boy saw a heavenly apparition: the story of Knock
Pope Francis will be spending a few precious hours at the Basilica of Knock while he is in Ireland this weekend.