Every Jesuit saint was a member of the Society of Jesus, lived vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in community; and were formed by the Spiritual Exercises. But even with those important commonalities, no one was alike.

We have received news that Dean Brackley SJ a great apostle of social justice and a Jesuit who volunteered to work at the University of Central America in El Salvador nbsp after the martyrdom of the Jesuits there in 1989 has died after a battle with cancer nbsp More will be written about this

From HuffingtonPost whose video studios we covet nbsp And for even more wisdom an interview on Duke University s Faith amp Leadership page on Why Faith Leads to Joy along with an excerpt from Between Heaven and Mirth on why religious settings are often so stultifying and what to do abo

I have been both astonished and moved by the tremendous outpouring of emotion over the death of Steve Jobs at age 56 nbsp Mr Jobs as is known by anyone whose fingers ever touched a computer or held an iPhone was a dazzlingly talented innovator who as President Obama noted will likely rank am

Today is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi and I m happy to say the publication date of my book on joy humor and laughter Between Heaven and Mirth nbsp To celebrate both an excerpt on the joy of St Francis nbsp And that s him on the cover holding the turtledoves and laughing nbsp in betw

The surprisingly joyful theology of 1 Thessalonians

Vera Farmiga s directorial debut the film Higher Ground has been winning praise from some quarters nbsp Bryan McCarthy a candidate for a D Phil in theology nbsp at Oxford looks at how difficult it is for various kinds of reviewers to get this story of a free-spirited evangelical woman s

A group of prominent Catholic theologians has posted on the Catholic Moral Theology website a petition against the death penalty in the wake of the execution of two men in Georgia and in Texas nbsp Their statement discusses the unfair application of the death penalty Studies have shown that bl

New York Sept 23 2011 America Press Inc the Jesuit-sponsored magazine and web site today announced the appointment of Father John P Schlegel S J as publisher and president Father Schlegel who recently completed 11 years as president of Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska will assume

Anthony Ruff OSB at PrayTell has an analysis of Bishop Olmsted s decision to restrict the reception nbsp among laypeople of wine the Precious Blood at Communion nbsp The diocese is admitting that the bishop nbsp could have nbsp allowed priests to continue giving Communion under both forms at