"He instinctively can find the shining greatness of our American culture and does a good job of highlighting it (although he also does have those rare lapses when he writes about hockey, but that is something caused by impurities in the Eastern waters or something)." Erik Keilholtz
Under the patronage of St. Tammany
Mark C. N. Sullivan is an editor at a Massachusetts university. He is married and the father of three children. Email
The feast of St. Francis Xavier on Dec. 3 marked the beginning of the Jesuit Jubilee 2006. The year-long observance commemorates the 500th birthdays of original Jesuit companions Francis Xavier and Blessed Peter Faber, and the 450th anniversary of the death of Society of Jesus founder St. Ignatius Loyola.
Elsewhere, Mr Mark Mossa, SJ, provides a good stepping-off point into the world of Jesuit bloggers. Fr. Joseph MacDonnell, SJ, at Fairfield chronicles the achievements of early Jesuit scientists and lists the 35 lunar craters named for Jesuits.
Boston College Blog cover the Hub's Jesuit university, which sees its gridders dispatched for the holidays to Boise, Idaho, where those corduroy whale pants will come in handy for warmth. (Get 'em here, with Yuletide holly.)
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