Some 800 students met Pope Francis there Dec. 20; he was ready to listen to their questions and offer his reflections.
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why Pete Frates is a model for Jesuit-educated students
The Boston College baseball program is a school where young men learn to be men for others, and Pete was its master student.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Graduate students at Catholic universities need faith formation, too
There are now a large number of graduate students in Catholic higher education, and few of them encounter anything substantive in regards to faith formation, religious meaning-making or the role of spirituality in their lives.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Seeing God’s presence at a high school in Micronesia
The accusations of paganism and idolatry at the Synod on the Amazon sent a troubling message about the universality of the church, writes Mary McAuliffe, a teacher at a Jesuit school in the Pacific.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
We need to stop separating seminarians from lay ministers in formation
Pope Francis has criticized clerics who are “far from the people.” One solution, writes Stacey Noem of the University of Notre Dame, is to better integrate candidates for the priesthood with lay students.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Boston College students and faculty push to reject Koch funding
“As a Jesuit institution, we have a moral duty to put the common good above all else, and we believe the acceptance of this grant would legitimize the past, self-interested actions of the Koch Foundation,” a petition read.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Issue of selling slaves ‘bigger than Georgetown,’ says descendant
“There was an apology, but for us, we needed more and we continue to seek more.”
Posted inFaith, Video
WATCH | Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2019
Watch talks by James Martin, S.J., Sr. Peggy O’Neill and more here.
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Georgetown reparations plan for slaves sold by university draws criticism from students
Georgetown announced it would commit to raising around $400,000 a year to create a fund for reparations to the descendants of 272 slaves sold by the college in the pre-Civil War era.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
The humanities may seem pointless, but that is the point
Humanities education is imperiled and undervalued in an a society that worships short-term usefulness, writes Santiago Ramos. But there is a rebellion in defense of educating the soul.