By Lucia A. Silecchia If you become a teacher, you will receive a lot of advice along the way. In the many years I have been blessed to make a living and a life in the classroom, I have also been blessed with much good advice. Perhaps one of the wisest and simplest things I […]
By IHE Graduate Fellow Jason Paone The anxious mystique that surrounds ‘big words’ is usually just a function of their unfamiliarity. We tend to call a word ‘big’ not because it is long or profound but most often because it is rare. By contrast, when a term is current enough that we encounter it often, […]
For over thirty years, I have been a very frequent traveler on the train between New York City and Washington DC. In the beginning, it was an adventure. Yet, as the decades passed, it became a mundane journey during which I stopped noticing the scenery pass by and distracted myself with reading, videos and, best […]
Over the summer of 1221, Saint Dominic’s health began to decline. Although the famous preacher was only middle-aged, years of frenetic activity had taken an irrevocable toll on his body. In early August, the ever-traveling but now ailing Dominic arrived in Bologna. There, under the prayerful watch of his brothers, the holy founder entered his […]
Late July brings one of my favorite celebrations in the Church year: the July 26Memorial of Saints Ann and Joachim, the parents of Mary, the Mother of God. I had some early biases toward this feast. I grew up in a New York parish named for Saint Ann. My parents gave me that moniker for […]
By IHE Graduate Fellow Father Gilbrian Stoy, C.S.C. In contemporary moral debates, personal experience has risen to be a supreme source for moral discernment. In order for a doctrinal teaching, interpretation of scripture, or logical conclusion to be valid, it must ultimately ring true to a person’s lived experience. Christians shouldn’t be too alarmed by […]
NATIONAL REVIEW | COMMENTARY By Lucia A. Silecchia
By Lucia A. Silecchia Three more years. As we celebrate Independence Day this year, I can’t help thinking that we are now in the three-year run-up to our nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026. In some ways, three years seems like a long time away. Yet, if advancing years have taught me anything, it is that time passes […]
HUMAN EVENTS | COMMENTARY By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer
REASON | COMMENTARY By Stephanie Slade But Patrick Deneen’s “common-good conservatism” almost certainly would be.
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