Michael Rossmann, SJ

My phone is not smart; my phone does not even "flip," let alone "slide." I covet the iPad, but I don't have one.

I am not an early adopter.

Not surprisingly, I didn't start going to spin class until late in the game. I didn't even know what...

This has gone too far. I have decided to take serious action.

The other day it finally dawned on me that I've been going to ESPN.com for the sole reason of checking the most updated player efficiency ratings (PER) to see whether LeBron James's numbers have slipped (PER...

Writing about Tim Tebow was so three weeks ago.

Even though the 2011 NFL season will soon be over (leaving me to distract myself with Lob City and the greatest Spanish import since paella), just like driving past a highway accident, I can't help but stare...

Autumn for me is a delightful time of colorful leaves, pumpkin-flavored deliciousness and Notre Dame football, and for the past four years, my fall schedule has also included running in a marathon.

When I take a step back and look at the idea of running a marathon -- training for...

While Jewish newspaper columnists are not the most likely resources for breaking open the New Testament, a recent column in The New York Times by David Brooks can shed light on scripture.

Brooks describes taking a safari in East Africa with his family during which they stayed...

Pilgrims will likely not forget hiking with temperatures over 90 degrees in order to encounter the million other people arriving at the same site and looking for a place to sleep, only for their belongings later to be soaked or blown away by the rain and high winds that caused...

Madrid is packed to the brim with over a million pilgrims from around the world, and for those of us here, this is not just a number but something that we experience anywhere we go with jammed subways, bottlenecks while trying to walk on staircases, and restaurant lines that extend...

"Can we receive Jesus?" "Let's go!"

While events had already been underway for much of the day, World Youth Day officially opened last night with a Mass in downtown Madrid attended by hundreds of thousands, and young people's desire to find Jesus is on full display here.

Despite...

We have finally arrived. After three years of anticipation since the last World Youth Day, hundreds of thousands of Catholic young people have descended upon Madrid for the festivities surrounding World Youth Day, which officially starts this evening with an opening Mass in the heart of downtown Madrid....