Observance of Ember Days includes general fasting (one full meal and two partial meals per day…
Month: November 2018
On Music in Mass
He who sings to God, prays twice. When I was younger, I would hear this expression…
Asia Bibi’s Release Roils Pakistan
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has acquitted and freed Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Roman Catholic woman who has…
A Grave, Public, and Manifest Scandal
“Things are a lot better now! No one has been abused in 20 years!” Hearing these…
A Closer Look at the Stained Glass of Bapst Library
Guided tours across Boston College’s campus have several consistent destinations; Stokes, Gasson, and Fulton are all…
Gasson Lecture Details A Tale of Two Cardinals In Victorian Britain
The president emeritus of Fairfield University, Fr. Jeffrey von Arx S.J., delivered Boston College’s fall Gasson…
Cornerstone: Origins of Monasticism: What About Us?
We all know who monks are—ascetics who have left the material world to delve into lives…
Remembering Christopher Dawson
The English historian of culture Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) is all but forgotten, even among historians, even…
Spiritual Self-Care for the Holiday Season
In the past couple of weeks or even months of the year, to say that the…
Pride, Prejudice, and Discernment
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a great fortune,…