Voices
Matt Emerson's essays have appeared in a number of publications, including America, Commonweal,
Articles: Fruitful Searching (Jan. 5-12, 2015) Preambles for Faith (May 13, 2013) Posts at The Ignatian Educator
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"The choice is between a Messiah who leads an armed struggle, promises freedom and a kingdom of one’s own, and this mysterious Jesus who proclaims that losing oneself is the way to life."
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As my fiance and I advance closer to our December wedding family and friends continue to offer advice concerning marriage and marriage preparation One of the most helpful thoughts we 39 ve received came from one of my fiance 39 s relatives who told us and I paraphrase Each of you has a movie
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Withdrawal of honorary degree from controversial figure is a teachable moment.
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Commencement season is almost here and for Catholic colleges and universities this can get a little tricky A Catholic school must find a speaker who 1 offers something wise or inspiring 2 generates excitement and rouses seniors from the haze of commencement week revelry and 3 does not adv
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On the heels of Saint Louis University Marquette University Milwaukee WI and LeMoyne College Syracuse NY hiring new presidents the University of San Francisco became the fourth Jesuit college or university in as many weeks to announce a change at the helm nbsp As reported by SFGate com US
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Like many others I lost track of the Duke lacrosse scandals once it became clear that the district attorney and the accuser were either not telling the truth or were deeply confused as to what that truth was Last I heard of the matter the state had dropped the charges and the students were starti
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Rainn Wilson known more commonly by his alter ego Dwight Schrute the hilarious character he played for nine seasons on NBC 39 s quot The Office quot has quietly been working on a project that tries to connect philosophy to pop culture a website that merges metaphysical questions and creative
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LeMoyne College becomes the first Jesuit college to appoint a lay woman as president.
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Last week I spoke with a mother who is struggling to pay tuition She wanted to keep her three children in Catholic school but she wasn 39 t sure how she and her husband would afford it Even with generous tuition assistance it would shatter the family budget It was one of those stark moments wh
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The Ignatian Educator on learning to love the difficult and awkward task of asking for money