“We always tell our students to dream big but not necessarily about marrying a prince!”
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
We need to stop treating Latinos as if they were new to Catholicism
This week’s guest is Hosffman Ospino, an associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education at Boston College. His latest piece is “10 ways Hispanics are redefining American Catholicism in the 21st century.” “We tend to think of Hispanics as newcomers,” says Dr. Ospino. Yet, “we need to keep in mind the long history of […]
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How Catholic university students are responding in Puerto Rico
Students “have lifted up this whole university, challenging us to go out to the margins, like Pope Francis asks.”
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Live, from D.C., it’s Jesuitical!
This week, your faithful hosts are in the hot seat.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
High school students unearth possible ties to slavery at Jesuit school
“We’re at the beginning of this,” said Gonzaga history teacher Ed Donnellan, who also is looking at the possibility of taking students to visit the remnants of the Jesuit slave plantations in Maryland.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Jesuit network marks 20 years of working for justice
At the 2017 gathering, organizers offered Catholic speakers that tackled racism, immigration, climate change, socioeconomic inequality, prison reform and other forms of social exclusion.
Posted inFaith, Video
WATCH | Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2017
Watch talks by James Martin, S.J., Sister Simone Campbell and more here.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: “Lady Bird” is not your average Catholic school girl movie
Lady Bird, with her magenta hair and acne, is an original; Greta Gerwig, appropriately, takes chances.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
How to encounter Latino Catholics in America (and why you need to)
The nation has changed, once again. This time we are becoming more Latino. The demographic shift is not the future; it is the present.
Posted inFaith, Features
10 ways Hispanics are redefining American Catholicism in the 21st century
Rapid demographic changes and the fear of the unknown may explain the anxiety of many U.S. Catholics.