by Salvatore Circosta On August 26th 2010 the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of a poor nun from Calcutta, Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa. This anniversary marks the centennial of a woman who has made some of the greatest accomplishments in history. Mother Teresa founded a religious order called “Missionaries of [...]
Dear Prof. Catherine Cornille, Congratulations! You have completed your first semester as chair of the theology department, and it has included the very important milestone of approving a new mission statement. This is already a great success. As you are aware, Father Leahy has stated that his vision for Boston College is that it become [...]
Boston College (#4) beat Miami of Ohio (#1) in decisive fashion at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, beating them 7-1. With the blowout win, they advanced to the championship game on Saturday against the Wisconsin Badgers (#3) at 7 p.m. This is BC’s 10th appearance in the final of the frozen four. The Eagles continued [...]
St John’s Seminary, located within BC’s newly acquired Brighton Campus at 127 Lake Street, is a Roman Catholic seminary dedicated to forming men to serve God and His Church as parish priests. The seminary community is quite diverse, comprised not only of men preparing to serve the Archdiocese of Boston and neighboring dioceses of New [...]
We include here a selection (Feb. 19, 2010) from the blog sedaily.wordpress.com. This Lenten themed blog is published by Jesuit priests and scholastics concerned with bringing the spirit of this liturgical season to an increasingly technologically focused society. The Observer highly recommends this website, and we are thankful to the Jesuits who gave permission for [...]
By Jeffrey Romero For The Observer On December 8, I attended a talk by Kerry Cronin on dating and student sexuality. Like every time I have heard her speak, Kerry did a great job, and yet some students are always confused (taking, for example, her rules for hooking up, which are supposed to show the [...]
By Athanasius of Boston One service that the BC Students for Sexual Health certainly do provide is getting people talking. One of the things we need to talk about desperately are false ethical systems permeating this campus. While the administration is standing strong on the issue of the distribution of condoms, the conventional wisdom of [...]
To the Editor: I was quite disappointed with your article of 6 October “ ‘Coming Out Week’ Celebrated”. While it is true that this article served as a fairly objective portrayal of the event, it does not provide the whole story. As the only newspaper on campus that respects traditional (one hesitates in the post-Bush [...]
To the Editor: In Regards to the Article,“Can I, as a Caucasian, be a Part of Your Group?” 1. What came first, the cultural group or the “ethnic pack?” When one spends a large portion of time with a club, cultural, musical, religious, or otherwise, one tends to bond closely with the other members, forming [...]
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 [...]
