Boston College entered a historic partnership in 2006 when it joined forces with the Archdiocese of Boston and Saint Columbkille Parish to support Saint Columbkille School in Brighton.  Four years later, the Saint Columbkille Partnership School is continuing its mission “to become one of the outstanding Catholic elementary and middle schools in the nation.” Peter [...]

Pope Benedict visited the Mediterranean island of Malta from April 17 to April 18. Though at first glance this may seem superficially short, his trip teemed with sightseeing and outreach, including a Mass at the Floriana Granaries and a meeting with sexual abuse victims. As publicly released on the Vatican website, Pope Benedict outlined three [...]

“As Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed with the Lord” Exodus 34:29. Moses’ face shone because of his encounter and his experience of God, who is the all-good, all [...]

Most people know that Catholics are forbidden to eat meat on Fridays during the liturgical season of Lent. However, considerably fewer realize that Catholics are, generally, forbidden from eating meat on any Friday in the year. The practice of refraining from eating meat, called abstinence, is a very old tradition in the Church. It developed [...]

There were no empty seats in the room on Brighton campus which hosted the acclaimed author and columnist James Carroll this past Wednesday.  The standing-room-only crowd, which included members of the public, was there to hear Carroll’s thoughts on what he called “Catholic Renewal”.  His historical approach to understanding the Catholic Church denounced “Manichean” outlooks [...]

Recently, the Boston College Center for Christian-Jewish Learning has placed in its document depository a brochure entitled “A Sacred Obligation: Rethinking Christian Faith in Relation to Judaism and the Jewish People”, containing a set of ten statements from the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations.  While many of the statements raise interesting points, and rightly [...]

By Maximilian Dumicich, for The Observer A 2,000 page “positio,” or position paper, was presented in front of the eyes of Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City on April 14. According to the Catholic News Service, the presentation was made by Monsignor Joseph R. Giandurco, Vice Postulator of the Cause of Canonization of Cardinal Cooke, [...]

Easter Sunday, the most holy day of the year, is quickly approaching. All over the world, Catholics will gather to celebrate the risen Lord, the feast of Jesus conquering sin and rising from the dead. The Sunday before Easter, Palm Sunday begins Holy Week, the final week of Lent leading to the highest feast. The [...]

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops continues to voice its opposition to the passage of the recent health care reform bill which they found “deeply disturbing” and fundamentally flawed. The USCCB opposes the bill, which was passed by a seven vote margin in the House of Representatives last week, because it expands federal funding [...]

On March 25, members of the Boston College and local communities celebrated a “Mass for Life” in St. Mary’s Chapel on the Boston College campus. About 40 people, including two dozen graduate and undergraduate students, attended the 7:30pm Mass. Members of local parishes led the Rosary immediately preceding the Mass. Fr. Raymond Helmick, SJ presided [...]