Tania Tetlow said she will refuse complacency and “what is easy,” instead putting the university’s efforts into addressing its difficulties.
Christopher Parker
Christopher Parker is a St. Louis-based journalist and former O'Hare Fellow at America. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Berkshire Eagle, the Smithsonian magazine and Notre Dame magazine. He is currently a reporter and digital editor for The Missourian, a newspaper serving Franklin County, Mo.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As Hurricane Ian recovery begins, lessons from a Florida Catholic Church that had to rebuild after Hurricane Michael
Four years later, Father Nixon and the St. Dominic’s community are still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Michael.
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic, Muslim and Jewish schools in New York are lobbying ‘with one voice’ for STEM education funding
Advocates from three faith traditions lobbied together for a program that would help fund science and math education in New York state’s religious schools.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
The spirituality of hosting a party
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Christopher Parker
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
The Book of Ecclesiastes has something in common with Eastern spiritual traditions
A Reflection for Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Christopher Parker
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
After migrants arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, Catholic charities mobilized to welcome
As migrants are bussed into sanctuary cities, Catholic and other nonprofit charities have mobilized to welcome them. The charities are stretched thin but aim to help.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Maggie Rogers describes making music as a religious experience. It shows on her new album, ‘Surrender’
Maggie Rogers wrote an album of “feral joy” for “Surrender,” the indie-pop artist’s second LP.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Emmy nominee ‘Severance’ explores how we handle grief in a world obsessed with productivity
‘Severance’ critiques the faceless American company, for whom workers are interchangeable cogs and poor mental health is the collateral damage of productivity.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Keeping Your Faith Alive in College: Advice from Recent Graduates
How do you keep things in perspective and maintain a faith life when you are trying to figure out new friends, new freedom and the location of your classes?
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem
A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Christopher Parker