Creating Welcoming Campus Cultures During a Pandemic

Millennial writer Marcus Mescher writes: Competing for our attention amid concerns about student retention, revenue loss and pedagogical efficiency is a mental health crisis that has been simmering for years and is now threatening to boil over. In her book iGen, psychologist Jean Twenge describes a “sudden, cataclysmic shift downward in life satisfaction” among young… Read More Creating Welcoming Campus Cultures During a Pandemic

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Pope: The Pandemic Has Exposed How Much Damage is Caused by Extreme Economic Inequality

via the Vatican: In this time of uncertainty and anguish, I invite everyone to welcome the gift of hope that comes from Christ. It is He who helps us navigate the tumultuous waters of sickness, death and injustice, which do not have the last word over our final destination. The pandemic has exposed and aggravated… Read More Pope: The Pandemic Has Exposed How Much Damage is Caused by Extreme Economic Inequality

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Reopening Schools is Immoral and Undermines Educational Values

I have spent most of my life in school. From preschool, elementary, middle, high school, and college to high school once again (this time as a teacher) to full-time graduate school where I now live in a first-year residence, nearly every waking year of my life has been spent in a school building. Despite my… Read More Reopening Schools is Immoral and Undermines Educational Values

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Fr. James Martin: Know the Gospels and Church Teaching, Vote Your Conscience

Partisan priests and even bishops have begun campaigning for their preferred party and pressuring Catholic voters to follow their lead, causing unrest among quite a few American Catholics. Fr. James Martin, SJ. offers some simple advice to those hearing such messages: Neither a bishop, nor a priest, nor a sister, nor anyone, can or should… Read More Fr. James Martin: Know the Gospels and Church Teaching, Vote Your Conscience

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Even During a Pandemic, We Can Serve Others in Our Communities

When the threat of COVID is behind us and we’re allowed to meet new people again, I know one of the first topics of conversations will be: “What happened to you during the pandemic?”  So far, I have heard a range of life experiences, from the challenging to the traumatic, everything from getting laid off… Read More Even During a Pandemic, We Can Serve Others in Our Communities

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Conspiracy Theorist Bishop from Texas Endorses Bizarre Right-Wing Video

Christopher White reports: Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, has endorsed a video that includes anti-immigrant remarks and homophobic slurs by a priest of Wisconsin in which the priest claims, “You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat.” The video was released Aug. 30 by Fr. James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less Catholic… Read More Conspiracy Theorist Bishop from Texas Endorses Bizarre Right-Wing Video

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