Members of the BC community young and old crossed the street to Brighton campus this past Thursday to hear Mellissa Kelley’s lecture on “Healing Through Pastoral Care.”  The BC School of Theology and Ministry sponsored the event. Kelley began her talk with a look at what “pastoral care” means.  The very roots of the word [...]

“Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said to him, one thing you lack: go your way, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor,” Mark, 10:21.  Jesus’ words to this wealthy man in the Gospel of Mark are only the start of Jesus’ famous and rather troubling tirade regarding wealth.  “It is easier” [...]

Boston College Catholics, or really anyone with an interest in the church or its history, has reason to make their way to Devlin hall from now until June 5th.  This semester, BC’s McMullen Museum of Art has hosted the Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity exhibit, which is on loan from Yale’s collections. The truly unique exhibition [...]

The Church in the 21st Century sponsored this past Monday’s event in Fulton Hall.  It featured Cardinal Roger Michael Mahoney, Archbishop of Los Angeles, who came to share his own experiences within the ministry of the Bishop.  The audience held a surprising mix of everyone from undergraduate students to professors and priests, all of whom [...]

Most of us are old enough to be done worrying about the monster under our bed, but that doesn’t mean we’re done lying awake at night in fright.  Entering the real world, and worrying about forging a successful life for ourselves outside the security of BC can be the stuff of upperclassmen’s nightmares.  Fortunately we [...]

Brighton Campus hosted a crowd of both young and old this past Wednesday afternoon as Father Daniel Harrington shared his insight on the matter of vocation.  Sponsored by the Church in the 21st century, the event continued along the C21’s yearlong theme. Harrington’s presentation delved right into a look at the various people in biblical [...]

William Ditewig was in the Yawkey Center this past Tuesday to deliver a presentation on Catholicism’s most underappreciated sort of minister: the deacon.  Ditewig’s presentation was held in the Murray Function room, where a mostly older audience filled the seats and enjoyed the refreshments afterwards. It began with a look at how the diaconate began, [...]

Colorful candles gave St. Joseph’s Chapel a more intimate feel this past Wednesday as students took time from their busy lives to attend An Evening of Prayer Sponsored by Campus Ministry.  The event brought together seven different student religious groups, each contributing to the event according to their various gifts. The Liturgy Arts Group provided [...]

The first rays of spring are starting to fill the air and uncover the ground. Many students are feeling warm and bright, but for many students the winter blues is harder to shake.  This could be why almost one eighth of BC students currently seek out University Counseling Services, a number noticeably higher than a [...]

There is a group here on campus that raises nearly five hundred dollars to be given to charities every week.  This group has weekly meetings filled with prayer and song attended by about four hundred and fifty people.  This group has been around as long as BC has, and although it is a visible group [...]