In the wake of graduation here are a few recent items concerning Jesuit institutions that readers might find of interest nbsp nbsp New Boston College program enables students to receive a B A and a J D within six years nbsp Seattle University receives two donations totaling more than 40 milli
With Bill Gates nbsp Amazon and the New York Times releasing suggested nbsp beach reads it 39 s a good reminder to compile a list for this summer What are your selections for faith and spirituality In addition to theology what else are you hoping to get to What have you read lately that you
In his commencement address to Boston College graduates Archbishop Blase J Cupich of Chicago employed an intriguing turn of phrase urging graduates to appreciate the quot givenness of life quot My young friends fellow graduates your capacity to appreciate the givenness the grace of life w
Writing in the quot Houses of Worship quot section in the Wall Street Journal Professors Stephen Barr and Dermott Mullan take on the persistent myth that the Catholic Church is opposed to science nbsp In fact the remarkable story of the Catholic clergy rsquo s contributions to science is one of
Given my long affiliation with Jesuit institutions I 39 ve read quite a bit on Ignatian spirituality much of it quite good but I thought these excerpts from an essay by David Lonsdale included in An Ignatian Spirituality Reader edited by George W Traub S J captures the essence of discernmen