Voices
Joe Hoover, S.J., is America’s poetry editor and producer of a new film, "The Allegory".
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Thursday in the Octave of Easter, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Thursday of the Second Week in Lent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
FaithFaith in Focus
Having Mass announcements right before the liturgy ends is like having the director come out and stop “Hamlet” three minutes before it finishes in order to tell the audience where the best post-show night spots are.
FaithFaith in Focus
Is it sound theology to think God was on one's own side after a victory? Who can capture the mind of God; do we know that he doesn't care who wins a game?
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Arts & CulturePoetry
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FaithFaith in Focus
If you would have asked me ahead of time, my hunch—fair or not—would have been that a gymnasium filled with wrestlers’ parents and fans, particularly in the western reaches of rural South Dakota, would not have a lot of empathy and patience for needy little creatures threatening to disrupt their earnest games.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Friday of the Third Week of Advent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
FaithFaith in Focus
When our superior told us that Jerry Huyett had died in Florida, I realized, in a way I never quite had before, a very basic thing; maybe the most basic thing of all: Life ends.