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Fr John Sullivan SJ to be beatified

April 24, 2017

Fr John Sullivan SJ has been formally approved for beatification by Rome and will soon be called 'Blessed'.

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Blessedly funny

April 23, 2017

Gavin T. Murphy :: I look into the personality of Blessed Elect John Sullivan to reveal how his wit was compatible with his holiness.

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Fr John Sullivan and the Church of Ireland

April 22, 2017

Church of Ireland Archbishop Michael Jackson gave the post-communion reflection at the Annual Mass in thanksgiving for the life of Venerable John Sullivan SJ, in Gardiner St Church.

Inspirational Jesuits

Saint Peter Faber

April 12, 2017

One of the original seven companions at the Church of Montmartre in 1534, Peter Faber established the Portuguese Society of Jesus and helped revive the Catholic faith in Germany.

Lent 2017: Week 6

Week 6: Stillness exercise

April 11, 2017

I am sitting under a tree in broadleaf daylight outside my brutal fraternity housing in Palo Alto, so it must be spring or summer, or, at any rate, sylvan, because...

Lent 2017: Week 6

Week 6: Gospel reading [Matt. 20]

April 11, 2017

The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard....

Lent 2017: Week 6

The Paschal perspective – which is to say, the Christian take on things – is not concerned about fiscal correctitude, the entrepreneurial prerogative of a paternalistic employer who feels digestively...

Lent 2017

Lent 2017: Conclusion

April 11, 2017

I’ve been asked for a short conclusion, which is rich, since I don’t believe in periods or in punctuation as anything other than necessary human helps in the live-stream sacredness...

Lent 2017: Week 6

Week 6: Pray

April 11, 2017

Go back to that moment in the garden. Go back to that moment when the water-sprinklers, those dirty little rubber-and-metal spigots you stub your flip-flop toe against in the scutch...