There Is No Salvation Through the University
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, on the insignificance of law school admissions and entrance into MBA programs for salvation.
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Our Children Might Return to the Church, but Our Grandchildren Most Likely Won't
Daniel McClain, Chaplain to the College of William & Mary, scrutinizes children at play and the failures of religious education.
Žižek Has a Lot to Say About Christ, but Should the Church Listen?
Jay Martin discusses what the Church can learn from dialogue with an atheist.
MacIntyre on What's Sinking Catholic Education
Artur Rosman, Managing Editor of Church Life Journal, builds upon Alasdair MacIntyre's economic critique of Catholic higher education.
School as Personalist Community
Education is power. I’ve heard this many times, and I don’t disagree. However, our educational system is in crisis. Our diocesan schools are in crisis, and the solutions coming from the top don’t really seem to be helpi...
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Cultivating the Christian Imagination of the Child
Recently I was talking to a mother of two young children, who explained that she drops her youngest son off at childcare while she attends Mass because “he is too young to get anything out of it.” Implicit in her remark is th...
Why (Most) Dorm Parties Make Love Impossible
Last week, in the blog for my class on the sacrament of marriage, I addressed how pornography has malformed the imagination of most Catholics, making it difficult for the gift of love intrinsic to the…
Thoughts on a Theology of Teaching: You Give Them Something to Eat
When I found out that I got a job teaching high school theology, I began to ask all of the teachers I knew what advice they had for me. I heard all kinds of things about classroom management and lesson plan preparation. However, the one ...
The Universality and Idiosyncrasy of Sainthood
Every saint is idiosyncratic. On the face of it, this seems so self-evident that we might wonder why it even needs to be said. Of course, St. Ignatius of Antioch is different from St. Ignatius of Loyola. Obviously, St. Teresa of Ávi...
The Idea of a Catholic University
Timothy O'Malley on Catholic identity.