Father Richard Malloy, S.J.

Jesuit Father Richard Malloy is director of mission and ministry at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore.

Fasting: Connecting to joy

March 11, 2022
By Father Richard Malloy, S.J.
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Lent

When fasting, we are more likely to be attentive; be intelligent; be reasonable; be responsible.

Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek: Poor in spirit

December 4, 2021
By Father Richard Malloy, S.J.
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Saints

Walter Ciszek was a tough kid growing up in the rugged coal country of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. In the mysterious ways of God, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1928 and, as a novice, offered to go to the Russian missions. In 1938, he was sent to Poland and later accompanied workers who were heading into […]

This Lent, risk prayer

March 1, 2021
By Father Richard Malloy, S.J.
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent

Don’t underestimate yourself. God has need of the talents you have been given. Prayer shows us how to use and multiply our gifts.

Christmas prayer: ‘Do you want to hold him?’

December 7, 2020
By Father Richard Malloy, S.J.
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary, Guest Commentary

As I hold the savior of the world, all tiny and baby bald, smaller than a loaf of bread, I don’t do anything. Nor say anything. Silence is often the best conduit of God.