The quote in the title of this post comes from Grant Kaplan’s piece “The Crisis in Catholic Theology” published last week at America. Here is a taste: Today, although concern for the future of Catholic universities remains high, relatively little...
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Watch Springsteen’s convocation address at Boston College
Get up to speed at the end of this post. If you don’t want to watch the entire thing, here are the highlights: Context: (For more on Created and Called for Community at Messiah University click here)....
The president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities on the “ethics of reopening”
Reverend Dennis Holtschneider, CM, is president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Over at Inside Higher Ed he offers 13 things to think about as colleges and universities reopen in a few weeks: “Everyone holds ethical responsibility for others in...
Should We Rethink Our Response to the Covington Catholic Boys?
I posted about the incident at the Lincoln Memorial between a Native American veteran and the MAGA-hat-wearing boys from Covington Catholic High School here. I wrote: Ironically, these boys were in Washington D.C. for the “Right to Life” march. Catholics...
Someone Failed These Boys
If you haven’t seen it yet, here are students from Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky mocking and harassing Native American Vietnam War veteran Nathan Phillips. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRyUlbgWCP0&w=560&h=315] Some quick comments: Ironically, these boys were in Washington D.C....