Aric Serrano, SJ

Jesuit, Catholic Priest
Associate Pastor at St. Peter Claver

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

A country’s vitality is deeply tied to the value it affords to human life in every form and condition, acknowledging the dignity endowed upon every human person by virtue of their very existence. The moral greatness of a nation is manifested, above all, in its capacity to support, protect and cherish the lives of all, especially the most vulnerable and those whose worth is questioned.

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

PARAGUAY 🇵🇾

In 1639, Jesuit priest Father Antonio Ruiz de Montoya wrote about a game called Manga ñembosarái that was played by the Guarini people

His record of the game strongly resembles the modern game of football

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

On this day in 1992, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, received Episcopal Consecration at the hands of Antonio Cardinal Quarracino, as the Titular Bishop of Auca, and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

[Mingmingzhu @mingzhu1994]

“Iosephum Ratzinger.”

On 27 June 1977, Abp. Joseph Ratzinger was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

[Aric Serrano, SJ @SerranoAric]

Life-style and prayer grow or diminish together. If people today or in any age lack mystical prayer, it is not because it has been tried and found lacking. It is the Gospel that has not been tried.

- Fr. Thomas Dubay

[Aric Serrano, SJ @SerranoAric]

After twenty years of this personal apostolate, a full third of all vocations to the priesthood in Paris came from the banlieue. 

-Dietrich von Hildebrand

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Pére Lhandes tells of the Italian priest who first went to the people of the banlieue who were living like animals in an indescribable poverty, in promiscuity, and in a ferocious hatred of Christ and His Holy Church. When this priest arrived, a youngster, seeing the cassock, hit

[Aric Serrano, SJ @SerranoAric]

Several Paris pastors joined this priest, and Catholic students came one day every week to live with these workers and help them.

[Joseph Nolla, SJ @josephnollasj]

These Jesuit TLM retreats are a product of synodality.

These retreats exist because the people asked and were heard. An authentic synodality must not only listen to those who are “progressive”.

[Stephen G. Adubato @stephengadubato]

I always start my freshman philosophy course by assigning my students @jennfrey's essay in @the_point_mag about the value of studying philosophy.

I never cease to be amazed by how it sparks such great class discussions

[Church Life Journal @ChurchLifeND]

The movie Conclave has been praised for many of its features, particularly the set and the cast, garnering it a great number of awards nominations. As in so many other areas, however, Catholics have been divided in their appreciation of the film.
--William McCormick

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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Saint Augustine too had a restless youth, but he did not settle for less, did not silence the cry of his heart. He sought the truth that does not disappoint, and the beauty that does not fade. How did he find it? How did he find true friendship, and a love that gives rise to hope? By finding the one who was already looking for him: Jesus Christ. How did he build his future? By following the one who had always been his friend. #JubileeofYouth

[chunguskitten @chunguskitten]

Cardinal Pizzaballa leads mass in Gaza

Friday July 18, 2025. Day 651

[Edward Feser @FeserEdward]

If true, this is inexcusable. Whether or not one thinks a particular sort of foreign aid is a good idea, once a nation has begun to provide it to vulnerable people who will die without it, there is a moral obligation not to cut it off suddenly before an alternative is in place.

[Beata Productions @beataproduction]

Flannery O’Connor had a special devotion to the Archangel St. Raphael. She said this prayer daily-“Raphael, lead us toward those we are waiting for, those who are waiting for us: Raphael, Angel of happy meetings, lead us by the hand toward those we are looking for...” #Flannery

[Stephen G. Adubato @stephengadubato]

Father Aric Serrano SJ wrote about priests who preach about politics in the pulpit for cracks in pomo. Check it out
@SerranoAric
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[Jack Herrera @jherrerx]

Father Brian Strassburger, a newly ordained Jesuit priest, got his first assignment on the border a few months after Biden took office. I wrote about the change he’s seen in the last three years, as he’s moved shelter to shelter, tent camp to tent camp. https://t.co/HVJsDYRS3w