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We can say of most of the people we know that they are honest. Depending upon the context, we expect that those we trust will say what they mean and will act justly. We value honesty in others. How important is honesty as a quality in our own lives, in its various...

Selecting leaders is one of the most difficult challenges that every society or political entity or organization must confront.  Hereditary succession, military victory in civil war, political machinations, democracy – all these means have been utilized as ways to...

A fantastic blog post on April 30th by Vicky Risacher jumpstarted my thoughts around what it means to “come to the table” in terms of faith. Ms. Risacher’s story perfectly encapsulates the unexpected places and people who bring us hospitality in much the same way our...

Revisiting  grammar school days, working class children, sheltered in the shadow of Mission Church taught to get it right. Seeing myself in the eyes of the children a little boy tells me he has a mother. Another tells me he’s from Guatemala. He wants me to know he is...

This blog, by National Board Member Jim Haggerty, is a reflection on the spiritual readings and guide being used this month by volunteers in all regions across the country. In my mind I can see Ignatius riding his mule on a dusty road from Rioja to Aragon in Spain...

Jesuits like to say that we can see God in all things, and so I can report that God is in this really great rock n roll cover band that plays around my neighborhood in suburban Philadelphia. I only know this because I’m in the band too, along with four other guys who...

In the fall of 2010, one of the women in our Love & Lunch support groups, Cecilia, was dying. She was our translator. Because our support group which had sustained her through years of an abusive relationship was located in a church, she joined that church. In the...