Author: Russell Pollitt SJ

Prayer: Lessons from the Women

In the weeks after Easter we hear a number of accounts in which the risen Jesus encounters his somewhat perplexed and disheartened friends. These personal encounters are a key moment; it’s from these encounters...

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Racism: Our schools can again lead the way

Issues of race and racism have moved into the centre of South Africa’s pubic discourse. FR RUSSELL POLLITT SJ suggests that Catholic schools can lead the way to justice. Race has become a major feature in the...

Nomophobia, email apnea and truth

“I feel so disconnected and lost” a student said to me amidst the Blackberry (BB) outage this week. Another told me she was getting more and more depressed about the outage and “couldn’t concentrate...