Sometimes not getting to do the thing that you want can actually feel kind of wonderful, even luxurious.
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Why you should go on a pilgrimage—more than once
Pope Francis has said that going on pilgrimage is “one of the people of God’s most eloquent expressions of faith.” Why?
Posted inFaith, Features
Our Lady of Manhattan: What I learned praying the rosary while biking around New York City
During the pandemic, Matt Malone, S.J., e-biked and prayed around the perimeter of Manhattan—which happens to look almost exactly like the pattern of a rosary.
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Safety a priority as Vatican Museums eyes reopening, official says
Officials in Vatican City are cautiously preparing protocols for reopening various sites to the public so that people will be safe from the coronavirus.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Barry Lopez on the mystery of distant environments
Barry Lopez’s new book describes his experiences at six remote sites around the globe: a rugged cape on the Oregon coast; centuries-old human settlements in the Canadian high Arctic; the complex biome of the Galápagos Islands; early-hominid fossil grounds in northern Kenya; a British imperial penal colony in southeastern Australia; and fields of meteorites on the vast ice of Antarctica.
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You don’t need to travel to Europe to go on pilgrimage. Our Lady came to Wisconsin, too.
A Jesuit finds God in the familiar on the Wisconsin Way
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A travelogue on God, Darwin and the Galapagos Islands
Brian McLaren’s ‘The Galápagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey’ is both a travelogue and a spiritual memoir.
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A Jesuit’s guide to finding God in California
Again and again I have watched Californians find a way beyond the categories they are supposed to occupy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A tour through Pope Francis’ Buenos Aires
A visit to the pope’s old haunts.
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How a ‘Gilmore Girls’ road trip brought me closer to my parents
What started as a “Gilmore Girls”-themed trip through New England gave me and my parents far more than we had expected.