St Ignatius and IT
31/July/2007 Filed in:
JottingsOur Broadband connection has been down for a few days, making life complicated as well as frustrating. One aspect of the Jesuit story we don't often advert to is the way in which Ignatius and his companions travelled almost the whole of the known world and kept in touch through the slow and difficult means of the time. The archive they left to posterity is of incomparable value. We find ourselves constantly apologising for not being able to keep up with correspondence, electronic and otherwise; but I wonder how much of what we do write will prove to be worth preserving or of interest to future generations. The office email as art form or historical text? The blog entry as cultural expression or mere pasar tiempo? At least we have learned to be grateful when it all works!