In the past few months, we have seen and heard more and more about our President’s Healthcare Reform Bill. Regardless of political affiliation, few know what this bill actually implies. The whole healthcare dispute has concentrated on President Obama being too broad and how aggressively he is pushing for the bill to pass. While both [...]

Last month’s Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross marked the second anniversary of the implementation of Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum. With this letter, His Holiness allowed for a more widespread use of the Missal of 1962 (Extraordinary Form of the Mass). Those who opposed the Holy Father’s decision went so far [...]

The mens’ soccer team has had a wild roller coaster ride over the past month since the season began. There have been several disappointing losses, but a few unexpected big wins. The team entered the 2009 season with predictions that it would establish itself in sixth place in the league by the end of the [...]

1987; I’ve heard it was a good year, perhaps the year you Moddwellers were born. It was also the last year that a BC wide receiver was drafted into the NFL, which partially explains why we’ve never reached that “next level.” Hopefully, Shakim Phillips, when he steps on campus next year as a freshman, will [...]

“Sustainability” has become somewhat of a buzzword these days. Like many popular movements, its direction has been steered by some who look to gain from the movement. One need only to walk through an Urban Outfitters location to see such a process in action. There is no doubt that some who are trying to and [...]

A conference was held at St. John’s Seminary, adjacent to the Boston College Brighton Campus, from September 25-27, titled “Chaste Celibacy and Continence of the Diocesan Priest: ‘The Precious Gift of God.’” The quote comes from Optatam Totius, which is the Decree on Priestly Training produced at the Second Vatican Council. The conference had been [...]

The first night of Parents Weekend ended with a “pop” as hundreds of balloons drifted down from the ceiling of Conte Forum to an eager audience at the seventeenth annual Pops on the Heights Scholarship Gala. Boston College hosted this annual concert featuring the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra in an event that raised approximately $2.1 [...]

Elizabeth Alexander, the poet laureate who addressed the nation at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration, spoke with students and faculty in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. The presentation, Hearing America Singing: Multi-Vocal Cultures in America, focused on the role of African American studies in our nation. Alexander began her lecture through an appraisal of those [...]

The Church in the 21st Century Center sponsored a panel of professors discussing “Latinos and U.S. Catholicism: Present Contributions, Future Possibilities.” Dr. Hoffsman Ospino, Dr. Nancy Pineda-Madrid, and Dr. Robert Goizueta each gave presentations. Dr. Ospino began the evening by situating the experience of Latinos within the larger context of U.S. Catholicism, which is undergoing [...]

Catholics today live in a society focused on technology, often to the detriment of spiritual life. Fortunately, the Internet offers numerous resources for Catholics looking to rekindle the fire in their lives. One such resource is Catholics Come Home, founded by Tom Peterson. According to its website, Catholics Come Home is an apostolate that creates [...]