JesuitSpeak XVIII
Does that count? Raised the fifth of six children in an Irish/German household, I am both highly familiar with guilt, but also highly organized by it. Growing up, we all
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Jesuit Speak XVI
The Jesuit paleontologist priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. wrote a prayer entitled Patient Trust. The opening line is simply, “Above all, trust in the slow work of God”. It
JesuitSpeak XI
JesuitSpeak XI Really? I can remember the conversation quite clearly. I had just finished my first quarter of college and was sitting in my parent’s living room. My siblings might
Jesuit Speak X – Who do you say that I am?
Fr. C. Hightower, S.J. As parents you have almost made it through the Fall. The tears, worries, laughter, and joy of having sent your student off to Gonzaga, while not
JesuitSpeak IX – Finding God in all Things
By: C. Hightower, S.J. I would like to tell you a story about three roommates. Although all students, they had different personalities and interests. Perhaps they had not filled in
JesuitSpeak VIII
By C. Hightower, SJ Moms and the summons home In our Cul-de-sac , 11th Court, parents, (okay, moms), just yelled out the window to their children when it was time
JesuitSpeak VII
By: Fr. C. Hightower, S.J. Contemplatives-in-Action For a Jesuit, contemplation and action are not distinct and disparate realities, but rather simultaneous phases of a single action. The first Companions were
Jesuit Speak VI
Blessing “Fruits and Nuts” When one joins the Society of Jesus, he spends his first two years in the Jesuit novitiate. It is in the novitiate that novices learn to
Recognizing Men and Women For Others
C. Hightower, S.J. JesuitSpeak V Men and Women for Others In an interview with the Italian journalist Renzo Giacomelle, Peter Han Kolvenbach, S.J., the former Father General of the Society
JesuitSpeak IV
Cura Personalis Care of the (whole) person. The University Ministry office sits on the main floor of the Crosby Student Center right between the bank and the coffee shop. Sister