Recently, I heard one young man explain why he volunteers at Planned Parenthood: abortion, he said,…
Author: Adriana Watkins
Adriana Watkins served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Torch in 2019. She graduated in 2020 with degrees in French, English, and Philosophy, and is well missed by The Torch Staff. As editor, she spent many of her waking hours editing documents, and especially enjoyed the humor, the enthusiasm, and the sometimes “creative” punctuation of the Torch staff.
True Presence and the Empty Self
In a moment of climactic despair, the hero of Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise spreads his arms to…
Kudzu Catholics: A Thriving Southern Diocese
In her novel Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather tells the story of a fictional 19th-century…
The Gap in College Healthcare
When I got an awful cold my freshman year, University Health Services provided me with enough…
Be “Vigil-ant”: Explaining the Church’s Longest Mass
It’s a Saturday night in early spring, and a few hundred Catholics are crowded around a…
Living in Full Voice
The Sunday before Lent, the Gospel reading included this verse: “From the fullness of the heart,…
C21 Panel Discusses Responsibilities of Catholic Journalists
On Tuesday, March 12, The Church in the 21st Century Center (C21) marked the kickoff of…
Theatre and Theology: Performing the Passion
This time next year, in the spring of 2020, many men in the German village of…
Hope in the Birdcage
It’s painful to say anything against Emily Dickinson. Arguing with that little woman is like picking…
Upcoming “Sing It to the Heights” Will Benefit St. Columbkille School
For the last 15 years, Boston College students have faced off in a friendly singing competition,…