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Schools of thought
by Michael J. Buckley, SJ
Boston College used to be called a Jesuit university. Why should we now call it Jesuit and Catholic?

Quotable
by Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM, of Boston
when asked by a BC student to describe “the relationship between politics and religion”

A thinning faith
by Garrett FitzGerald
The shape of Irish Catholicism today

First year
by William Bole
Benedict’s papacy is not what some expected

Distance learning
Tim Czerwienski ’06
A new C21 Online course on the Gospel Passion stories

High-minded
by William Bole
Fifty years ago, U.S. Catholics were accused of failing their intellectual tradition. What’s changed?

Faith, hope, and politics
by Michael Molyneux
Practicing religion in the public realm

Can we talk?
by William Bole
A contrarian theologian takes on interfaith dialogue

"Finding Time for Ethical Practice"
James A. Donahue, President and Professor of Ethics, The Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley

"Crisis in the Church and the Virtue of Hope"
The Reverend William B. Neenan, S.J., Vice President and Special Assistant to the President

"The Catholic College and Pastoral Leadership in the Church: A Partnership"
Father Michael McFarland, SJ, President, The College of the Holy Cross

"Sexual Abuse and the Irish Church: Crisis and Responses"
Robert Savage, Associate Director of Boston College Irish Studies Program
James Smith, Assistant Professor, English Department

"Why Do We Remain Silent in the Face of Unethical Behavior?"
Richard Nielsen, Professor, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management

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Now available:

Michael J. Himes on the "sense of the faithful" in the 19th century

Archbishop Gerald F. Kicanas speaking on our baptismal vocation

"Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord," symposium on lay ecclesial ministry

“Catholic Higher Education in the United States and the Holy See" with Archbishop J. Michael Miller

“The state of the Catholic Church in Ireland at the start of the 21st century" with Garret FitzGerald

“Wojtyla Among the Philosophers” with George Weigel

"Alone or Together: A Justice of Faith for a Globalizing World," with Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., President, Santa Clara University

“Working for Justice/Handing on the Faith," with Edwina Gateley, Founder, Volunteer Missionary Movement, Chicago, IL

“Our Faith, Our Church, Our Future,” with Sr. Rosemary Mulvihill, RSM, Regis College

“Communications Strategies for Building Parish Community,” with Jay Cormier, Editor/Publisher of Connections

“The Faith That the Church Hands On,” with Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Fordham University

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