The Ignatian Educator

With so many commencement addresses each year it 39 s easy to miss the less publicized but equally important honors given to those who are not keynote speakers One of the most important of such honors among Catholic schools is the University of Notre Dame 39 s Laetare Medal According to the Univ

In the modern world it 39 s never easy finding the right way to frame spiritual themes particularly for skeptical audiences like young men and women in high school Classic religious or spiritual documents — whether the New Testament or the works of St Augustine — simply don 39 t capture them

For students, responding to God’s will need not be an exercise in spiritual isolation.

The historicity of the first couple is an ideal topic for an ambitious graduate student, not to mention a new encyclical.

In the wake of some Catholic schools 39 attempt to strengthen faculty fidelity to the moral teachings of the Catholic Church a recent New York Times story highlights a similar effort underway at a Bryan College a Christian college in Dayton Tenn which is tweaking its statement of belief and c

In a culture that tells us “do what you love,” Matt Emerson reflects on the limits of desire in search for God’s will.

Ross Douthat is not the only New York Times writer to hit upon some very Catholic themes David Brooks 39 s recent column turns to St Augustine to reflect upon the path to personal knowledge The highest rung on the stairway to understanding is intimacy Our master-teacher here is Augustine As he