On Thursday September 17, 2009, the class of 2013 was formally welcomed into the BC community by author Anne Patchett. After reading Patchett’s engaging novel Run about an eclectic Catholic family living in the city of Boston, the freshmen listened to her speech in hopes of gleaning a few morsels of advice with which to [...]

From September 5th to December 11th, the McMullen Museum of Art in Devlin Hall is playing host to the exhibition: “First Hand: Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection.” For the first time, this archive of illustrations – once thought to have been lost forever – is available for public viewing. Alongside these illustrations [...]

Aiming to become the world’s leading Catholic university and theological center, Boston College gives students access to a wealth of vibrant Catholic life both on and off campus. This article is your guide for that Catholic life you’re seeking to become a greater part of this year. Essential to the Catholic life is the Mass. [...]

When Sean Tyrrell speaks of his “rainbow’s treasure,” he is not referring to a pot filled with gold. Rather, his “treasure” comes from sharing the story of the great Irishman John Boyle O’Reilly with his audiences, as he did during his performance at Boston College’s Connolly House on September 16, 2009, in his concert “Message [...]

On Saturday night, over fifty students packed into a single room on campus for a celebration that included food, music, and plenty of drinks. But this was not your typical Saturday night celebration, and not just because the drinks were not alcoholic. In fact, in the surrounding rooms, there were multiple Jesuits hearing confessions, offering [...]

What should students expect at BC this year concerning “sexual health?”

To the Editor: I enjoy your publication a great deal. Congratulations on your excellent and generous efforts! Is it my imagination or is virtually everyone on B.C.’s campus an opponent of Humanae Vitae or just happy never to bring up its teachings? You would be doing an immense service to everyone in the BC community [...]

Last year I wrote a critique of the modern pro-gay marriage movement in light of the California Supreme Court’s legalizing gay marriage in California. In that essay, I urged pro-homosexuals to pursue equal rights by supporting civil unions and not gay marriage because mainstream Americans may be more sympathetic to this more moderate request. Homosexuals [...]

Although he was educated across the river at Harvard and later received his law degree from the University of Virginia, Senator Edward Moore Kennedy, who is the third longest-serving senator in US history, was highly influential at Boston College. His work in the United States Senate embodies the Boston College tenet of serving as “a [...]

The grave of former Boston Archbishop and Boston College Alumnus is proposed to be moved as part of the university Master Plan.