Last Thursday evening, Father Paul McNellis of the BC Philosophy Department addressed students in the Fulton Honors Library about the qualities of authentic leadership. Father McNellis teaches in the Perspectives program, and offers a Capstone seminar for seniors. He mentors both Gratia Plena and the Sons of St. Patrick, and won the 2008 Mary K. [...]
“God is ‘that than which nothing greater can be thought.’” This is part of, perhaps, St. Anselm’s most famous contribution to philosophy—his argument for the existence of God in his “Proslogium.” Anselm was born in Aosta, a Burgundian town. His mother was the first cultivator of his piety. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Eadmer, Anselm’s [...]
“‘What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived’—the things God has prepared for those who love him” (I Corinthians 2:9). Heaven, perhaps, is the most intriguing of the four last things—death, judgment, heaven, and hell—because it sets our imagination in motion and speaks to our heart’s [...]
This past Sunday during the Angelus, Pope Benedict exhorted Catholics, “In these days that prepare us for Easter, let us revive in ourselves the gift received in Baptism, that flame that sometimes risks being snuffed out.” This past Sunday was Laetare (meaning “joyful”) Sunday. The theme of his talk was one of trust in Christ, [...]
“When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God” (Luke 24:50—53). [...]
Special Assistant to BC President Father Leahy, Father Devino succeeded Father Jack Butler as Director of the Manresa House last May. Father Devino had previously served at the University of Scranton and Fairfield University. The Observer interviewed him about his vocation for this issue. The Observer: I know your ministry is to help those who [...]
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace” begins the popular Prayer of St. Francis. Though probably not actually written by him, the prayer certainly captures the spirit in which St. Francis, patron saint of animals and the environment, lived his life. “Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the [...]
A student in BC’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as Resident Minister this year in Fenwick, Fr. Casey Beaumier is a Jesuit you may have seen around campus. Whether it’s celebrating the 10pm weeknight Mass in St. Joseph’s Chapel, teaching students, leading the s’Upper T Club, or even serving as a judge [...]
Most everyone knows about the very popular Agape Latte series from Campus Ministry, which brings a compelling figure to Hillside on the first Tuesday of every month. Few, however, know that the student group behind this event, which also provides free desserts and coffee to those in attendance, is the C21 Student Advisory Board. It [...]
“I understood that to become a saint one had to suffer much, seek out always the most perfect thing to do, and forget self,” confessed St. Therese of Lisieux in her Story of a Soul. Most have a superficial understanding of saints as a kind of rare class of Catholic “superheroes.” However, sainthood is a [...]
