Over at quot The Stone quot a blog of the New York Times that the paper describes as a quot forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless quot Rebecca Newberger Goldstein has a fascinating post on the human quest to escape obscurity In her essay q
Matt Emerson
Matt Emerson is the author of Why Faith? A Journey of Discovery (Paulist Press, 2016). His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including America and The Wall Street Journal.
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Fr. Nicolás on Collaboration & Re-Creation
In the course of keeping myself fresh on Ignatian and Jesuit education I 39 ve been reading some of the talks of the Jesuit Superior General Fr Adolfo Nicol s S J I realized that despite all that I 39 ve read on Catholic and Jesuit education I 39 ve not spent much time discovering what he
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Interview with Fr. George Coyne, S.J.
Syracuse com in conjunction with Syracuse 39 s nbsp The Post-Standard has published an interview with Fr George Coyne S J former director of the Vatican Observatory and one of the more well known of those scholars and priests trying to show the relationship or where appropriate the lack th
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Gates Foundation Awards Notre Dame $23m
As reported by Reuters it was good news last week for Notre Dame The Bill amp Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded 23 million for research being led by University of Notre Dame biologists to prevent malaria and dengue fever the school said The five-year project by biologists Neil Lobo and Nicol
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Preambles for Faith: Effective way to nurture belief among skeptical students
Effective way to nurture belief among skeptical students
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The Small Envelope Meets Ignatian Spirituality
You rsquo ve worked hard nbsp really nbsp hard You did extra hours of homework you picked up the flute in addition to piano you started playing tennis on top of basketball you took AP Chemistry you gave up Saturdays for endless SAT prep you deprived yourself of sleep so you could memorize h
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The Desert of Freedom
Where is that arena of solitude and inactivity where we let God in without a competitor?
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When “I Thirst” is Not Figurative
In the latest issue of nbsp America regular contributor Fr Daniel P Horan O F M has a marvelous reflection on Lent and water quot Thirsting for Lent quot After noting that some people might be looking for something beyond the usual quot giving something up quot he writes quot I sugge
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Campus Lenten Resources 2014
At some Catholic schools across the country campus ministry departments are providing helpful resources for Lent Some schools provide daily reflections while others provide additional prayer resources Click on the links below for a sampling of some schools Loyola University ChicagoNotre DameGeorg
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Death, Be Not Misunderstood
Matt Emerson looks at the advent of “death studies” on college campuses.