A doctorate in theology does not qualify you for much outside of being a theology professor, and I have been nothing but a graduate student or professor since I was 21.
Higher Education
Posted inFaith, News
Traditional Latin Mass moves off Steubenville campus after Vatican restrictions
A Catholic university in Ohio is making alternate arrangements for students to attend what is commonly called the “traditional Latin Mass,” after the local bishop implemented recently issued restrictions from the Vatican.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
A Catholic bookworm’s guide to March Madness
America isn’t always great about sports coverage—but college basketball has been an exception, particularly when it comes to March Madness.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The Cambridge critics who revolutionized the way you read
With his new book ‘The Critical Revolutionaries,’ Terry Eagleton focuses on the scholars who revolutionized literary study and foreshadowed the New Criticism movement that became widespread in mid-century American universities.
Posted inGoodNews, Politics & Society
Formerly incarcerated men now pursuing higher education find community at Harlem’s Ignacio House
Since 2019, Ignacio House has housed 15 “resident scholars” who study at N.Y. colleges and universities at a site in the Bronx.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
An anti-racism examen for Jesuit universities
Jesuit colleges and universities can and must embrace anti-racism efforts by drawing from our mission.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How Father Mike Schmitz balances a popular media ministry with being a college campus priest
Podcast episodes and YouTube videos featuring Father Michael Schmitz rack up thousands, even millions, of views. But for students at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Father Mike isn’t a celebrity priest. He’s their chaplain.
Posted inFaith, News
Tania Tetlow vows to fight for social justice at Fordham inauguration
Tania Tetlow said she will refuse complacency and “what is easy,” instead putting the university’s efforts into addressing its difficulties.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Two scholars on Covid, mortality and the meaning of friendship
While a new book of letters between Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor uses the early months of the pandemic as the background and occasion for their letters, the friendship they display is vastly more interesting.
Posted inFaith, Features
Who owns the Newman Center? Shake-up at Ohio State highlights the tension between students and older parishioners
On July 31, the Paulists celebrated their last Mass at the Ohio State University. The anger and disappointment expressed by some points to challenging questions about the role of campus ministry centers.