Even for a culture of incessant consumerism and quot Black Friday quot madness this news item about a man named Derek De Armond took me by surprise Reports the New York Times Mr De Armond 55 set up a tent at 10 a m on Nov 11 more than two weeks before Thanksgiving nbsp He and three teamma

In preparation for Advent I 39 ve been seeking wisdom from the words of Pope Francis in a recently published book nbsp The Church of Mercy Loyola Press nbsp a collection of Francis 39 s writings and speeches In a speech in April of 2013 Pope Francis had this to say T he testimony of faith c

The College of the Holy Cross the Jesuit college in Worcester MA has named Fr William Campbell S J a Holy Cross alum as Vice President for Mission and Ministry Currently Fr Campbell is President at Cheverus High School in Portland Maine According to a Holy Cross press release quot Fr

Writing in The Observer the student newspaper of the University of Notre Dame Notre Dame junior Sarah Morris offers a defense of the Jesuits The tendency to distinguish ldquo real rdquo Catholics from Jesuits often goes hand in hand with what nbsp New York Times nbsp columnist Ross Douthat has d

Yesterday I wrote about C S Lewis and one of the arguments for God 39 s existence that Lewis advances in Mere Christianity namely the universality of the moral law For Lewis it made no sense that he should have a correct and comprehensible understanding of justice while the world - and the uni

I 39 ve been taking a class of seniors through an overview of the Christian faith attempting to teach them why and how a clear-thinking person can believe in a loving God Some of my lecture notes are based on C S Lewis 39 s Mere Christianity and so I recently had the pleasure of returning to s