Editors’ Note: In anticipation of the 88th Academy Awards on February 28,we present a series exploring the philosophical and theological elements in each of the eight films nominated for Best Picture. This post contains no spoilers.
Editors’ Note: In anticipation of the 88th Academy Awards on February 28,we present a series exploring the philosophical and theological elements in each of the eight films nominated for Best Picture. This post contains no spoilers.
The Institute for Church Life is hosting a series of lectures on Dante for the Year of Mercy. The first two took place last week and are now available for viewing.
Editors’ Note: In anticipation of the 88th Academy Awards on February 28, we present a series exploring the philosophical and theological elements in each of the eight films nominated for Best Picture. (Caveat: spoilers ahead.)
A rocket scientist, a college athlete, and a perfectionist walk into a bar…
Last week, I was at Washington University in St. Louis (as apart of the Center for Liturgy's college lecture tour), giving a talk entitled Do I Have To Go to Mass to Be Catholic: A Talk on Liturgy and Catholicism. During our time together, a question was asked about young people's participation in the Mass: namely, have people stopped going to Mass because the signs no longer work? Is it time to l...
One of my dearest friends used to have a sign on the outside of his office door. It read, “O Lord, make me interruptible.” It was an act of hospitality, of course, but also a sincere prayer. I’ve tried to imitate this, but the fact is, I don’t like interruptions. I don’t like having my very important train of thought derailed, my time taken in an unplanned way by God-knows-what. Then I think of St...
I remember that when I was applying to Notre Dame, one of the questions I was asked on my application was this: “Why should we care about the rings of Saturn?” That question really intrigued me, and I believe I wrote something along these lines: If there were no universe surrounding this planet Earth, then human beings would have very little reason to think about their existence and be drawn to co...
