In a joint effort of Campus Ministry and the St. Thomas More Society, a chapel dedicated to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament has opened in Bapst Library. Andrew Rota, one of the organizers on the project, said that planning for this chapel began earlier in the semester after students expressed interest in having the Eucharist [...]
This past August, Kimmi Vo, CSOM ’14, traveled to Spain with a group of fellow Boston College students to participate in World Youth Day in Madrid and the preceding Magis program hosted in Loyola by the Society of Jesus. Magis is a week long spiritual experience designed to prepare Jesuit educated students for the impending [...]
After asking the Mother of God how his life would be, Mary presented the child with two crowns, one red and one white. The white represented persistence in purity, and the red meant that he would become a martyr. When Mary asked if he were open to accepting either crown, the child replied that he [...]
Catholics participating in Mass on November 27th will experience the first use of the Roman Missal, Third Edition, a new translation recently prepared and distributed to parishes. Pope John Paul II announced the revision of the Missale Romanum over a decade ago, during the Jubilee Year 2000. This revision includes prayers for the observances of [...]
Each year, millions of Christian pilgrims go to Lourdes, France in honor of Saint Bernadette’s visions of the Virgin Mary. They also go with the hope of receiving special blessings from the miraculous spring. Because of the popularity of Lourdes, Paris is the only place within France that has more hotels. Bernadette was born on [...]
The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is often portrayed as a dove. In the Old Testament story of Noah and the Ark, the dove brought back a branch, symbolizing signs of life. In the Nicene Creed, Catholics profess believe in “The Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from [...]
On October 24th 2011, Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church welcomed three new saints when the Pope canonized Luigi Guanella, Guido Maria Conforti and Boniface Rodriguez in St. Peter’s Square. The ceremony took place on World Mission Day. It brought to the Communion of Saints three amazing individuals who lived out the word of [...]
Christy Tran came to Boston College as a freshman in the fall of 2007, and her decision to enroll had not been influenced by the Jesuit Catholic tradition of which the BC community is so proud. However, by the end of her freshman year, Christy had been baptized and confirmed as a Roman Catholic. Up [...]
Pressure from parents, wild partying, overindulging, an unhealthy obsession with being the best yet ultimately feeling empty are not issues confined specifically to today-people dealt with these problems in Medieval Times too. Saint Francis of Assisi was one of seven children born to Pietro di Bernardone and his wife Pica. Pica had him baptized Giovanni [...]
Last week, a former Episcopal parish entered into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, presided at the Mass in the Crypt Church on October 9 as roughly 70 members of the St. Luke Episcopal [...]
