ldquo It rsquo s all about Manhattan rdquo Nora McDermott told the New York Times as she stood in a relief center last week nbsp Ms McDermott lives in the Rockaways section of New York City which was devastated by Hurricane Sandy and her expression of frustration in the midst of a continuing

Our friends at The Jesuit Post are running a photo contest nbsp inviting people to submit photos that illustrate the elusive Jesuit Ignatian nbsp term magis which means the more the better the greater for God nbsp Their headline asks What if St Ignatius had a smartphone nbsp That got me

Millions of people on the East Coast of the U S are frightened as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall today Frightened of many things terrible damage from the wind and water especially the surging recor d-breaking tides widespread power outages that may last for days the potential loss of potable

Creator God, we ask you to calm the wind and the waves of the approaching hurricane, and spare those in its path from harm.

Last night I was privileged to have been invited to the 67th annual Al Smith Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria only a few blocks away from our office Needless to say at 2 500 a seat I was someone s guest nbsp Most people may know the dinner nbsp as the occasion for the nbsp two p

My friends from Christ in the Desert Monastery in Abiquiu NM visited The Today Show nbsp this morning nbsp to promote their new album aptly called Monks in the Desert nbsp Funny enough I have a simpler version of their lovely chants which I listen to quite frequently nbsp The prior had

Yesterday the Jesuits worldwide received a beautiful letter from Adolfo Nicol aacute s S J the superior general of the Society of Jesus on Blessed Jacques Berthieu S J the Belgian missionary and martyr who will be canonized along with Kateri Tekakwitha and Marianne Cope this Sunday by Pope

Friday October 19 is a big day for Catholics especially for Jesuits and their colleagues It is the Feast of the North American Martyrs which commemorates such spiritual giants as St Isaac Jogues St Jean de Br eacute beuf and their brother Jesuits all of whom worked with the Native peoples in

Last night rsquo s spirited Vice-Presidential debate was billed in some quarters as a ldquo Catholic smackdown rdquo The debate moderator Martha Raddatz made specific note of that reality when she called the debate ldquo historic rdquo nbsp as it was the first time that both candidates fo

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council nbsp Here is Pope John XXIII s momentous Opening Speech nbsp Opening Address Today Venerable Brethren is a day of joy for Mother Church through God s most kindly providence the longed-for day has dawned for the sole