A poem.

Father James Martin on the worst mistake he made working as a young Jesuit among the East African refugees who settled in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.

My New Testament students have asked me on a number of occasions over the years about the ashes placed upon the forehead on Ash Wednesday They have not asked about the origin of the tradition or even its meaning as such what they have asked about is quite interesting and perfectly relevant for the

Robert F. Drinan's unscheduled retirement

Thanks to former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent for sending this remembrance of George W. Hunt, S.J.