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St. Thomas on Providence with Dr. Michael Bolin
We know, St. Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome, that in everything God works for goodwith those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.Those words from St. Paul can and should
Political Rhetoric and the Common Good with Dr. Virginia Arbery
In almost every walk of life and vocation, the ability to express yourself orally with clarity, precision, and persuasiveness are vital. Thats obvious for priests, teachers, salespeople, politicians,
Gerard Manley Hopkins’ ”Spring” with Dr. Glenn Arbery
Fr. Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. (1844-1889) is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Victorian Era though, oddly, the Victorian Era never read Hopkins. While, imitating his father, he wrot
Jesus Condemned Commentary by St. Augustine read by Dr. Jim Tonkowich
St. Augustine of Hippo who lived AD 354 430 delivered 124 lectures moving verse-by-verse through the entire the Gospel of John. This being Holy Week, here is lecture 116 in which Augustine discussed
Sacred Signs with Dr. Kent Lasnoski
Papal biographer and scholar George Weigel is fond of saying that for Catholics, stuff matters. Stuff like our physical bodies, bread, wine, water, incense, candles, bells, linen, altars, and ashes.
Outdoor Week with Dr. Tom Zimmer
This week the Wyoming Catholic College campus is deserted. Our dorms are empty. The kitchen and dining hall are silent. Its Spring Outdoor week.A Wyoming Catholic College education begins with three
Philosophizing about Nature with Dr. Henry Zepeda
Whether its fermions and bosoms or air, earth, fire, and water or nothing but water, the question What is the world? has a long history and there have been many answers.Wyoming Catholic College fr
Lies and the Father of Lies in Milton’s ”Paradise Lost” with Prof. Adam Cooper
Defeated in the attempt to war against God, fallen from Heaven, chained in the fiery muck of Hell, Miltons Satan nonetheless declares: What though the field be lost?All is not lo
Exploring ”The Brothers Karamazov” with Dr. Tiffany Schubert
Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, a landowner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us owing to his gloomy and tragic deat
Lent Begins with Fr. Godfrey Okwunga
Exactly 13 years ago today, Pope Benedict XVI noted in his Angelus address, Lentis like a long retreat in which to re-enter oneself and listen to God's voice in order to overcome the temptations o