Newman Centers and other Catholic campus ministries are great places for students to receive spiritual formation, but Jesuits have been seeking ways to bring “rigorous, Catholic academic formation” into non-Catholic spaces like the University of Texas at Austin.
Grace Copps
Grace Copps is a student at Georgetown University and a summer intern at America Media.
Posted inPoetry
Poetry review: Lyric wonder, again and again
In this year’s poetry roundup, some of the poets whose collections we discuss are Catholic, some are not. But regardless of their religious commitments, wonder shows up in these poets’ work again and again.
Posted inScripture Reflections
Trusting God is easier said than done
A Reflection for Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Grace Copps
Posted inJesuit School Spotlight
The INES program at Loyola School brings Jesuit values to middle school girls
“It’s important to amplify women’s voices in Jesuit education, and so that’s why the program, I think, philosophically exists.”
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Going back to Mass—and returning home
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, by Grace Copps
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
In new film ‘Nonnas,’ Italian grandmothers put love at the center of every meal
Although “Nonnas” is not an explicitly religious movie, the film’s motif of meals as a conduit for community is certainly also found in the Catholic imagination.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign can teach the Catholic Church about reaching Gen Z
On Tuesday night, Mr. Mamdani pulled off a shocking upset and finished first in the initial round of vote-counting in the Democratic primary for mayor. What can his campaign teach the Catholic Church about energizing “Gen Z”?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The ‘Trump effect’ on Canada’s immigration restrictions
“Carney is responding to the [immigration] backlash but also to the Trump effect, which is placing more pressure on Canada to tighten its border.”