Despite the hundreds of miles between Boston and Trosly-Breuil, France, philanthropist Jean Vanier was able to…
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.
Why Catholics Need Poetry
If I had a dollar for every person who doesn’t like poetry, I’d be richer than…
World Youth Day 2019 Draws Hundreds of Thousands to Panama
An open-air Sunday Mass on January 27 finished the World Youth Day (WYD) event in Panama…
A Christmas Thought Experiment
A popular method of meditating on the Scriptures is to imagine ourselves as characters in the…
Giving the Homily: A Priest’s Perspective
A Catholic who goes to Mass every Sunday and holiday has, by age 18, heard nearly…
Catholic Church Responds to Synagogue Shooting
On Saturday, October 27, a shooter killed 11 people worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue…
Wall of Lies
My family spends Sundays at a packed Catholic church, where the pews are full. In such…
Partying Gregorian-Style
If you’ve been on campus at least one weekend, you’ve heard the beat of bass-lines on…
Homesickness as an Echo of God
There are some problems so ordinary it feels wrong to suffer because of them. Around October,…
Alfie Evans Case Renews Humane Healthcare Debate
Alfie Evans, a child removed from life support by a British hospital, died on April 28…