Why are fewer students studying history, literature, philosophy, languages and the arts?

"Redemptor Hominis" is a masterful overview of the meaning of Christ.

quot Jerry Brown Latin Scholar and One-Time Almost Priest quot This is the headline for an Atlantic article that summarizes the highlights from an interview that Brown governor of California gave to The Atlantic Readers might not know about Brown 39 s Jesuit past The article notes His relig

With whom do we journey? Matthew tells us of the wise men; Luke writes of the shepherds. For both groups, news of Jesus' birth comes to them in community.

Who says education doesn 39 t pay well Apparently you just have to find the right role and school According to an article in yesterday 39 s New York Times Forty-two presidents of private colleges were paid more than a million dollars in 2011 up from 36 for the previous two years according to t

In the latest issue of America in an essay titled quot Saving the Humanities quot Raymond Schroth S J responds to quot The Heart of the Matter quot nbsp a report recently issued by the Commission on the Humanities amp Social Sciences for the American Academy of Arts amp Sciences quot

In Porta Fidei The Door of Faith nbsp Pope Benedict XVI 39 s reflection announcing the recently ended Year of Faith he mentioned those who quot while not claiming to have the gift of faith are nevertheless sincerely searching for the ultimate meaning and definitive truth of their lives and o

Steve Jobs ended his 2005 Stanford commencement speech by urging his audience quot Stay hungry Stay foolish quot For Jobs remaining hungry and foolish was the path to authenticity It was the way to live a life that in his words didn 39 t rely on the results of another 39 s thinking nbsp

Yesterday 39 s reading marking the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception was the same reading we hear on the Solemnity of the Annunciation It 39 s of the dramatic moment where the angel Gabriel comes to Mary to tell her that she will bear Jesus nbsp Of all the things we might say about this fam

December brings concerns about the commercialism of Christmas, along with invocations to return to the day’s “true meaning.”