“Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony, please look around.  Something is lost that cannot be found.  It’s not a penny, it’s not a dime; it’s my wallet that I cannot find.”  This quick and amusing prayer is commonly recited in my household—specifically by my mother.  After searching and failing to find whatever it is she lost that [...]

On Tuesday, February 9, the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life hosted a panel on the nuanced role of religion within our country’s military.  The panel consisted of two distinguished experts. The first, Associate Professor of Religion Jonathan Ebel of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a former Lieutenant Commander in the [...]

By the end of 2012 our world will have undoubtedly met a cataclysmic end at the hands of some god or another.  Although we cannot be sure exactly what a return of Kinich Ahau, the Mayan sun god, will look like, the Catholic God has been relatively candid about what his end-times will entail.  So [...]

We all have bad days. I have been there, and you have been there. On the contrary, not all of us turn those bad days into better days. This is exactly what St. Elizabeth of Hungary did her entire life. She grew up during the 13th century among the royalty of Europe. At the age [...]

“Protestant Perspective” will be an ongoing series appearing periodically in The Observer to give voice to the positions held by other denominations of the Christian faithful. In this year as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Second Vatican Council, I think it is beneficial to revisit one of the key ideas [...]

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 [...]