Another famous Old Testament story that has captured the interest of Hollywood.

Fr William B Neenan SJ the beloved Boston College Jesuit who died last summer was known for many things including a list of book titles he annually compiled that became known as The Dean 39 s List of Recommended Reading Long cherished among BC students and faculty the Boston College Chronic

Writing in the Wall Street Journal essayist Joseph Epstein extols William James 39 s The Variety of Religious Experience quot What makes 39 Varieties of Religious Experience 39 the great book it is after all is not its consideration of the logic of religion but the role religion has played

Wanting to give more than thanks, Matt Emerson traces gratitude's Latin roots.

In an essay titled quot The Scentsory Adventure quot from his book The Thorny Grace of It a delightful recent gift nbsp Brian Doyle writes quot You know what no one talks about when they talk about the Mass The panoply of scents the plethora of sensory adventures that enter through the door

At Forbes Daniel R Porterfield writes about the success of the Cristo Rey Network of Jesuit schools What was brand new about Cristo Rey however was the Jesuits rsquo idea for financing the enterprise mdash by recruiting businesses all across Chicago to pay a flat fee to the school in exchange f

Following up on yesterday 39 s post on God 39 s incomprehensibility I want to share an eloquent excerpt on the same subject from the work of Boston College professor Fr Michael Himes S J To begin what do we mean within the Christian tradition by the word God God is not anyone 39 s name The

The readings at Mass the past few weeks have been some of my favorite of the year especially the selections from the Old Testament We 39 ve heard on 8 31 from Jeremiah 20 7 quot O Lord thou hast deceived me and I was deceived quot and yesterday from Isaiah 55 8-9 quot For my thou

In the latest edition of the The Boston College nbsp Chronicle BC 39 s publication for faculty and staff Sean Smith reports on the newly created Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies The Institute under the direction of Fr Casey Beaumier nbsp S J will serve as quot a locus for courses wor

How can educators adapt to new trends without sacrificing what shouldn't change?