Matt Emerson

Lots of activity of late at Saint Louis University the Jesuit university of St Louis Mo following a recent shooting in a neighborhood near SLU Stltoday com reports Last Sunday a group protesting the fatal shooting of Vonderitt Myers Jr by St Louis police left the Shaw neighborhood where h

Boston College has opened a new Center for Teaching Excellence that attempts to combine innovative pedagogy with the best of Jesuit education The latest Boston College Chronicle reports Housed on the second floor of O rsquo Neill Library the CTE brings together existing resources in academic techn

In the life of faith and in the life of an educator it 39 s not only answers that matter but questions The right questions can make all the difference I think of the rich young man who came to Jesus and asked quot Teacher what good must I do to gain eternal life quot nbsp Or of the lawyer

In quot Chasing Middle-School Admissions Is Test for Parents quot the Wall Street Journal reports on the rising competition for New York middle schools The city Department of Education has long allowed parents to seek middle schools that best suit their children and officials say they strive to

Sarah Pulliam Bailey of Religion News Service reports nbsp that a number of seminaries have been awarded grant money for the purpose of integrating more science into their academic programs According to her article 10 U S seminaries will receive a combined 1 5 million in grants to include science

I recently posted about the nature of gratitude and soon after had the privilege of finding Jim Manney 39 s short work nbsp A Simple Life-Changing Prayer Discovering the Power of St Ignatius of Loyola 39 s Examen There Manney writes It 39 s impossible to exaggerate how important gratitude is