Christian Life and Education: The Christian Belief in God
The sacramental vision of an authentically Christian education enjoys the sense of the holy in all things, and imparts a kind of sanctity to the study of all disciplines, seeing in each an avenue to...
View ArticleA Pastoral Society - The Renewal of Catholic Culture and the Flourishing of...
The Renewal of Catholic Culture and the Flourishing of Human Society Introduction In the Catholic intellectual community, there is a growing call for the renewal of Christian culture as a solution to...
View ArticleSummer Reading for August 2015
Soul-Centered: Spirituality for People on the Go. Jim Clarke. (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015) 144 pages; $14.95. (Reviewed by Melinda Selmys) _____________ Make the Words Your Own: An Early Christian...
View ArticleWhat a Catholic Education Owes Its Students
As our students—big and small—begin to return to school, it is good to be reminded of what a truly Catholic education owes its students. For most of human history, education was a private affair...
View ArticleCatholic Higher Education: Ministry of the Head and Heart
Nelson Mandela, the world renowned South African who led the fight to end apartheid in his nation, once stated, “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” But what manner...
View ArticleCatholic vs. Secular Classical Education: What’s the Difference?
Introduction The rise in classical education in America is not insignificant. It cuts across public and private school divisions; secular and religious commitments; Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic...
View ArticleLate Autumn Book Reviews
All the Pope’s Saints: The Jesuits Who Shaped Pope Francis, by Fr. Sean Salai, SJ (Our Sunday Visitor, 2017) 144 pages; $15.00. Reviewed by Deacon David Paternostro, S.J. How I Stayed Catholic at...
View ArticleIn Memoriam - Fr. Matthew Lamb Remembered by Two of His Students
Theologian and priest Fr. Matthew Lamb (June 5, 1937 – January 12, 2018) will be missed in a special way by those of us who had the providential blessing to be his graduate students. He died peacefully...
View ArticleA Reflection on Youth, College and Young Adult Ministries, Part I - Animating...
Part I Building, re-building and restoring youth, high school/college campus, or young adult ministries: this is what our work has been for the past decade. When someone first arrives in a new youth...
View ArticleA Reflection on Youth, College & Young Adult Ministries, Part II - Animating...
In the first part of this two-part article, I had discussed the levels of youth, college, and young adult ministries. My emphasis was on why it is so important, and what is appropriate for each level...
View ArticleFive Tips for Graduate School
During my first semester of graduate school in theology, the required class on the Trinity nearly “ate my lunch”. To put it simply, I could never study enough to understand the subject more, nor could...
View ArticleBook Reviews – December 2020
Art and Architecture for Congregational Worship: The Search for Common Ground. By Richard S. Vosko. Reviewed by Christopher Siuzdak. (skip to review) American Priest: The Ambitious Life and Conflicted...
View ArticleBook Reviews – May 2021
Under Siege: No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic. By Austin Ruse. Reviewed by Matthew Kappadakunnel. (skip to review) Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation. By Gavin Ortlund. Reviewed by Fr....
View ArticleLiberating Catholic Adolescents
Freedom is a prominent theme of the Second Vatican Council and the teachings of the Church in the modern world; it thus plays a significant role in the contemporary Church’s reflection on education....
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