“Our people have overcome,” Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan declared to the faithful gathered in Aleppo.…
Month: September 2018
A Personal Reflection on the Abuse Scandal
The recent revelations of abuse in the Catholic church have dominated the news for the past…
“Therefore the World Glorifies You”
In the Eastern tradition, all the rites of the Church are sung. Since the melodies are…
Fr. James Martin Lectures on a Ministry of Revival and Love
On Thursday September 21, hundreds jammed the at-capacity Robsham Theatre for the first annual Daniel Harrington,…
Concert Celebrates the Faith and Joy of 11-Year-Old Christina Dangond
“4 bands, 1 stage, rock the night! 1 message: proclaim the light!” On Saturday evening, September…
Annual Mass of the Holy Spirit Reminds Boston College of Our Mission
On Thursday, September 6, the Boston College community came together in faith to celebrate the annual…
On a New Stage in Faith
When I returned to BC this fall, three months after graduation, everything had changed. Four years…
The Council of Ephesus: Who Really is Christ?
The setting is fifth century AD, and the assailant is Nestorius, Archbishop of Constantinople. The true…
McCarrick Scandal Comes to Light; Church Leaders Implicated
This summer, news that Theodore McCarrick was a long-time sexual predator broke, prompting his resignation from…
Thomas Asks: What is Grace, Anyway?
What exactly is grace? We often claim to be in someone’s “good graces,” or we might…