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Matt Emerson's essays have appeared in a number of publications, including AmericaCommonweal, and the Wall Street Journal. The Catholic Press Association named his September 2012 essay "Help Their Unbelief," published in America, as the "best essay" in the category of national general interest magazine for 2012. He is the author of the book Why Faith? A Journey of Discovery (Paulist Press 2016).

Articles:

Fruitful Searching (Jan. 5-12, 2015)

Preambles for Faith (May 13, 2013)

Help Their Unbelief (Sept. 10, 2012)

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The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
Writing at Forbes Ben Taylor says yes and no No for undergraduate institutions and most graduate programs but yes for law school By now many parents have begun to ascribe to the familiar advice ldquo a good college match is more important than a top rank rdquo mdash and for good reason First
Elie Wiesel (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
In times plagued by wicked acts of murder and torture, praying with the words of Elie Wiesel
High school volunteers from St. Mary of the Hills Church in Rochester Hills, Mich., clean trash and debris from an alley in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. (CNS photo/Jim West)
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
On The Ignatian Educator, some parental habits worth breaking.
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
Professors call for the United States to increase its military and humanitarian assistance.
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
In his homily on August 6 to a group of altar servers from Germany Pope Francis addressed the distractions of the social media age Our life is made up of time and time is a gift of God hence it must be used in good and fruitful actions Perhaps many youngsters and young people waste too many hour
Rembrandt, "The Return of the Prodigal Son." Courtesy of Wikipedia.
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
At the website The Catholic Thing Daniel McInerny offers an eloquent defense of the arts very timely for the upcoming academic year and a nice resource for art teachers who -- not unlike theology teachers -- must defend their subject from those who deem it unnecessary In his brief essay quot A Ca
La Cova (Manresa), where Ignatius spent time praying and writing
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
Many people know Manresa Spain as the place where Ignatius spent about a year in solitude and in prayer It was a time post-conversion of coming to terms with his conscience and gaining his spiritual bearings It was at Manresa where Ignatius put together the early notes for the Spiritual Exercis
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
One of the resources I turn to for annotations on passages from scripture is the Sacra Pagina series edited by the late Fr Daniel J Harrington S J This series provides excellent commentary almost line by line of the texts of the New Testament drawing out meanings of words historical context
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
Twitter founder's career advice echoes modern Catholic spirituality.
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) (Image courtesy of Fairfield University)
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
What teachers can learn from Matteo Ricci, the 16th-century Jesuit missionary to China.