Shane Liesegang, SJ

@sjml.bsky.social

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🎭 theater kid turned 🎮 game dev turned ✝️ Jesuit priest past: skyrim, fallout, god of war, novitiate, philosophy/political econ, refugee aid (🇱🇧🇮🇶🇯🇴🇸🇾), theology, starfield, migrant care (🇵🇭) present: pastoral ministry in Portland https://shaneliesegang.com

UPS tracking page that just says "Label Created" and "Estimated delivery date will be available when..."
iMessage texts from me, sent today at 10:44 AM: Shirtless guy wandering outside with a sword FYI
the famous page from the 1979 IBM management handbook that says in all caps "A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION" but it has been hamfistedly modified to say "A COMPUTER CAN NEVER FUDGE A ROLL, THEREFOR A COMPUTER MUST NEVER TRY TO BE A TABLETOP GM"
an instagram ad for "makesyoufluent" where a lady is lying in bed (during the day) with eyes closed as glowing text in different non-Latin scripts swirl around her (at least that's the idea; the texts appear to be AI-generated visual noise) the caption says "this is why everyone is switching to hypnosis for learning a language"
terminal capture (via asciinema) of running the `new.py` script; it presents an interactive TUI with a datepicker, then prompts the user for a location (if left blank, will copy the location from the most recent homily); then it looks up the readings from the USCCB website and generates a stub markdown file with the metadata already populated in YAML frontmatter
a screenshot of the file browser in Zed, showing a `_scripts` folder containing `env/`, `check.py`, `concat.py`, `new.py`, `render.py`, `requirements.txt`, `template.typ`, and `wc.py`. After that is a `tmp` directory, a `.gitignore` file, and a bunch of markdown files named things like `2016-02-22.md`, etc.
header with page numbering on the left, then reading: Lectionary 106: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Psalm 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 St. Ignatius Parish, Portland, Oregon; 19-July-2026
a macOS screenshot of a folder full of docx files all named sequentially as "homily52.docx", "homily51.docx", etc. some have variants like "50a" and "50b" even. there's also a folder for "preached retreat"
A paper poster taped to a door saying “*DON’T FORGET*: The St. Ignatius BBQ is next Sunday!” Beneath it is a large image of not-yet-pope Robert Prevost grilling a large steak
a screenshot of the Philippines Taco Bell homepage with lots of menu items featuring cheese
a chart of the pitch movements involved in the five tones used in Thai
a screenshot of VS Code showing a TypeScript file. We can see the following: ```typescript type HeartStatus = "prepared" | "hardened" | "conflicted"; // [obscured text] function wordOfGod(heartStatus: HeartStatus): void { if (heartStatus != "prepared") { return; // [file continues] ``` There is a linter's red squiggle under the function's return type `void`, with the error declared as `isaiah/word-of-god-not-void` and the following message --- Invalid function signature: "The Word of God shall not return void..." (Isaiah 55:11)
IMDb credits for _The Odyssey_ (2026) Director: Christopher Nolan Writers: Christopher Nolan • Homer
Shane smiling at the camera, wearing an off-white flat cap and a white golf shirt with a blue and green dinosaur pattern
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Restaurant sign for a roadside diner calling itself the “Home of the Bozo Burger”
an iPhone screenshot with a series of missed calls from NYC phone numbers
Title screen of the first episode of the Battlestar Galactica miniseries
* Encouraging new contributors to become future maintainers, that involves teaching and growing the understanding of new contributors. ** LLMs can’t learn from specific feedback and thus can’t benefit from maintainers providing feedback. * Ensuring all contributions are made by humans who can take responsibility for their code and be able and willing to fix it when needed. ** AI cannot take responsibility, and we can’t trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it.
from the Settings panel of Google Maps, the "Map Type" choice of Default vs Satellite, and an unchecked box that says "Globe View" underneath. (A grayed out but checked box says "Labels")
a screenshot from _Fez_ (2012) with Gomez standing in the Temple of Love beneath a completed heart, indicating full completion of the game (I THINK?!!?!!?)
The Simpsons "Don't make me tap the sign" meme where the sign reads "Separation of Church and State is good for both Church and State"
a list of episode titles for season five of _The Bear_; as is their tradition they're all one-word food things (except the title of the last episode, the series finale, which is not on the list) * Soda * Lamb * Mint * Ribs * Raspberries * Foccacia * Caramel
Screenshot of a quoted tweet from Pope Leo, who says “Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound.” The quoter, Shane (@sbliss89) comments: “New level of Catholic guilt unlocked: the pope wants to know why you haven't finished that draft yet.”
an imessage screen shot Interlocutor: Shane someone just posted Serana to my feed oh wait it was you of course Me: hahahahahahaha Interlocutor: You have become algorithm Me: look she sprang from my head like Athena, so I’m gonna rep her whenever I get the chance
Shane (the day after his diaconate ordination) performs his first baptism at Mother of Divine Providence Parish in Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines. He has a huge smile on his face. The baby is crying, as they often do. There's a photographer with a huge camera between them and the altar, because in the Filipino Church nothing has actually happened unless there is copious photographic documentation of it.
a picture of St. Monica Catholic Community with two info boxes: Mass of Thanksgiving June 21st — 5:30 pm St. Monica Catholic Community 725 California Avenue Santa Monica, California **RECEPTION AFTER!!! FOODS!** (I’ll also be concelebrating the 9:30 am mass if that’s easier for you to make! Not preaching at that one, but that just means you get the full experience of Msgr. Torgerson!)
the chapel sanctuary at the New Camaldoli Monastery in Big Sur. a large open wooden rotunda covers simple concrete walls. in the middle is a square stone altar flanked by two candles. a crucifix is suspended from a series of nested copper-colored metal rings that looks like some kind of death ray or telescope.
A screen capture of Shane editing his Bluesky bio, erasing “Jesuit [scholastic+deacon” and replacing it with “Jesuit priest”
a Steam Deck sitting on top of a Kindle sitting on top of a Roman Missal
two young women bow in front of an altar during the procession at a 3am mass
A screenshot of FB messenger, the "SILYouthChat" group. Shane has sent a longer text, not visible, that includes a link to the "Jesuits West Celebrates 2025 Ordination" livestream on YouTube. He says "Love to you all, from that American Jesuit who loves San Isidro" There's an immediate response from Giezil (one of the ringleaders) saying "We will be watching, praying, stand by you, staying up all night, and support you on your journey Rev. Shane Liesegang! 🙏🙏🙏" Shane can only respond: 🥹
Shane, after his first round of solo baptisms (in Tagalog!) having been surprised by the youth from SIL who took him to lunch after
a faded-green painted one-room concrete building with metal bars for windows and a tin roof with a small two-car gravel parking lot
Players could design characters for any of these realms, so a party of adventurers might contain a magician, a cop, a vampyre hunter, a super-hero, a cybernetically-enhanced gunrunner, a dwarf miner, <highlight>a six-foot dinosaur priest</highlight>, or a beetle-like alien with a bad temper, and any of these characters might eventually learn sword fighting, kung fu, magic, or net-hacking.
Shane, in a clerical shirt and white flat cap, standing with his friend Kater who had just finished drawing him
Fr. Cyrille awaiting his hot dog in a Costco
Shane giving a thumbs up next to a box of games in the NYU Game Center Library
Very large purple placard sign saying: NYU Tandon School of Engineering Center for Robotics and Embodied Intelligence
the tree having returned to near full green coverage once more
in a box: an original Super Nintendo Entertainment System, an N64, associated cables for the systems, three GameCube controllers, an N64 controller, and at least one SNES controller (might be another in there)
Shane in academic (masters) regalia and mortarboard cap which sits atop his head like a graham cracker on a watermelon. He also has a clerical collar poking out.
## Bibliography Boff, Leonardo. "Images of Jesus in Brazilian Liberal Christianity." In _Faces of Jesus: Latin American christologies_, 2. print, edited by José Míguez Bonino. Orbis Books, 1985. Himes, Michael. "Living Conversation: Higher Education in a Catholic Context." In _An Ignatian Spirituality Reader_, edited by George W. Traub. Loyola Press, 2008. Huckabee, Tyler. "Knives Out's Rian Johnson Says He Will Always Be a Youth Group Kid." Sojourners, December 9, 2025. `https://sojo.net/articles/culture-interview/knives-outs-rian-johnson-says-he-will-always-be-youth-group-kid`. Johnson, Rian, dir. _Wake Up Dead Man_. T-Street Productions, 2025. Netflix, 144 minutes. Johnson, Rian. "Wake Up Dead Man." Screenplay, PDF. 2025. `https://rian-johnson.com/scripts` Pope Pius IX. _Encyclical condemning current errors Quanta cura_. 1864. at The Holy See. `https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-ix/la/documents/encyclica-quanta-cura-8-decembris-1864.html`. Rahner, Karl. "On the Theology of the Incarnation." In _Theological Investigations IV: More Recent Writings_, translated by Kevin Smyth. 1958; Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1966. Rahner, Karl. "The Man with the Pierced Heart." In _Servants of the Lord_, translated by Richard Strachan. 1967; Herder and Herder, 1968. Ratzinger, Joseph. "Priestly Ministry: A Search for Its Meaning (Part One)." Translated by David J. Roy. _Emmanuel_ 76 (1970): 443--53. Vatican Council II. _Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et spes_. 1965. at The Holy See. `https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html`. Welch-Larson, Sarah. "Director Interview: Rian Johnson." Substack newsletter. _Seeing & Believing_, December 12, 2025. `https://seeingandbelieving.substack.com/p/director-interview-rian-johnson`.
six circular headshots: Edward H. Chow, SJ Shane Liesegang, SJ Dennis Allan Vivar Marzan, SJ Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ Chinh (Chris) Nguyen, SJ Victor Pro Yanez, SJ
a unit description from the manual for Legions [unit icon] Flaming Pigs Covered in phosphorus and lit with fire, these herds of pigs charge toward the enemy. Their squeals disorder foot soldiers and mounted units alike. This tactic was invented by the late Romans and adopted by other empires. Size: 500 Combat: 6 Defense: 2 Move: 4 Prod: 4 Transport: 0 Wood | Metal | Horse | Text | Tech: 0, 0, 0, 0, 17
box art for Legions: Conquest and Diplomacy in the Ancient World (1994)
two panel comic: first panel guy stands angrily with arms folded, second panel he's exasperatedly throwing his hands in the air and saying "I GUESS"
Maximilian Robespierre
Orson Welles
Top comment: This is very nicely done. You also might have used Boselli and his notion of mystagogy to great advantage. This is well-written and comprehensive. - John Baldovin Bottom comment: Richard Lennan This is an important point—some elaboration on the claim about mystagogy would be good
the word of God, but also intercedes for them and supports the penitent with maternal care and solicitude, so that he (she) may acknowledge and confess his (her) sins, and obtain mercy from God, who alone can forgive sins. Furthermore, the Church herself becomes the instrument of the con-version and absolution of the penitent, through the ministry entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and their successors. THE MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE 9. a) The Church exercises her ministry of the Sacrament of Penance through Bishops and Priests, who call the faithful to conversion by preaching the word of God and declare and grant the forgiveness of sins in the name of Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit. In exercising this ministry, Priests act in communion with the Bishop, who is the moderator of penitential discipline, and participate in his power and office. b) The competent minister of the Sacrament of Penance is a Priest who has the faculty of absolving in accordance with the norm of canons 967-975 of the Code of Canon Law. All Priests, however, even if not approved to hear confessions, validly and lawfully ab-solve any penitents without exception in danger of death. THE PASTORAL EXERCISE OF THIS MINISTRY 10. a) In order that the confessor may be able to fulfill his office correctly and faithfully, he should recognize the diseases of the soul and apply suitable remedies to them, wisely exercise the office of judge, and acquire the knowledge and prudence necessary for this task by diligent study, under the guidance of the Magisterium of the Church, especially by pouring out prayers to God. For the discernment of spirits is the intimate knowledge of the work of God in the human heart, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and the fruit of charity. b) The confessor should always be ready to hear the confessions of the faithful, whenever confession is reasonably sought by the faithful. (in-text citations removed, but they're there; page 17 of the Order of Penance)
Amazon listing for The Order of Penance, the Catholic ritual book describing the process and practices of confession. It is (amusingly, according to this author) lists "Ages: 7 years and up"
text: Ordination to the Priesthood June 13th — 10:00 AM St. Ignatius Loyola Parish Sacramento, California livestream link is a QR code that resolves to https://www.youtube.com/live/ZrOZkFxQma4 background: a painted image of St. Ignatius of Loyola carrying a book with a cross on it and walking away from some European-looking city.
Rahner, Karl. "Christian Living Formerly and Today." In *Theological Investigations VII: Further Theology of the Spiritual Life 1*, translated by David Bourke, 3--24. 1966. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1971. ---------. "Christology Within an Evolutionary Worldview." In *Theological Investigations V: Later Writings*, translated by Karl H. Kruger, 157--92. 1962. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1966. ---------. "Dogmatic Notes on 'Ecclesiological Piety'." In *Theological Investigations V: Later Writings*, translated by Karl H. Kruger, 336--65. 1961. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1966. ---------. "Dogmatic Questions on Easter." In *Theological Investigations IV: More Recent Writings*, translated by Kevin Smyth, 121--33. 1960. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1966. ---------. "Nature and Grace." In *Theological Investigations IV: More Recent Writings*, translated by Kevin Smyth, 165--88. 1960. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1966. ---------. "On the Theology of the Council." In *Theological Investigations V: Later Writings*, translated by Karl H. Kruger, 244--67. 1962. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1966. ---------. "On the Theology of the Incarnation." In *Theological Investigations IV: More Recent Writings*, translated by Kevin Smyth, 105--20. 1958. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1966. ---------. "Prospects for Dogmatic Theology." In *Theological Investigations I: God, Christ, Mary and Grace*, translated by Cornelius Ernst, 1--18. 1954. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1961. ---------. *The Christian of the Future*. Translated by W. J. O'Hara. 1965. Reprint, New York: Herder and Herder, 1967. ---------. "The Historicity of Theology." In *Theological Investigations IX: Writings of 1965--67 1*, translated by Graham Harrison, 63--82. 1967. Reprint, London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, 1972. ---------. "The Need for a 'Short Formula' of Ch…
movie poster for Calvary (2014) featuring Brendan Gleeson as Fr. Lavelle, wearing a cassock with clerical collar, standing on a beach with waves crashing behind him
Our items do not come blessed, as selling blessed items is not in accordance with Canon Law. If you wish to have your items blessed once you receive them, you may take them to your local church.
A crane lifting a huge hunk of a tree out
the same tree but now on a spring day with lusher green grass and tiny leaves starting to appear on its branches
big metal wolf which hangs over the Roman Senate in Julie Taymor's 1999 film of TITUS
the completion status screen from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, showing 100% completion in all categories