Paula Marantz Cohen Professor at Drexel University has written WSJ 4 18 one of the best defenses of teaching Shakespeare -- mere Shakespeare I should say -- I 39 ve read in recent memory Her opening paragraphs nbsp Of all the courses I have taught over my 30 years as an English professor t

A couple of recommendations from Matt Emerson on the Ignatian Educator blog

A great news item about the recent Masters champion Jordan Speith who is a graduate of Jesuit College Prep in Dallas Texas courtesty of the Dallas Morning News nbsp

Support for the canonization of the Catholic thinker from an unlikely place

Loyola Marymount University the Jesuit university of Los Angeles has named a successor to outgoing presidnent David W Burcham The Los Angeles Times has the details surrounding the selection of Timothy Law Snyder as the next LMU president Prayers and best wishes to Professor Snyder and the entir

The public radio program quot On Being quot as its website says quot opens up the animating questions at the center of human life What does it mean to be human and how do we want to live We explore these questions in their richness and complexity in 21st-century lives and endeavors quot qu

Science confirms what the great Christian memoirists intuited: stories matter.

Yesterday Pope Francis named Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi as the new prefect for the Congregation of Catholic Education I cannot find much about him but Crux has the story nbsp The Italian cardinal succeeds Polish nbsp Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski who had led the congregation since 1999 In Octobe

Linda LeMura inaugurated the 14th President of the Jesuit Le Moyne College

The New York Times recently offered an informative overview of the faith journey of presidential prospect Jeb Bush who converted to Catholicism in 1995 There are some telling passages that suggest Bush has a convert 39 s appreciation for his chosen faith For example ldquo I love the sacraments