By IHE Fellow Kevin Kambo To speak of human dignity today is a fraught task because we inhabit a pluralist culture with competing cosmological visions. Dignity is a central theme of John Paul II’s magisterial teaching, grounded in his view of man as made in the image and likeness of God; for sympathetic but theism-shy […]

By IHE Fellow Lucia A. Silecchia Do your summer plans include planting a garden? To my mind, gardening is one of most hopeful acts of joy, and joyful acts of hope that I have seen. I lack the patience to be a gardener. But, my grandfather was a gardener – the most enthusiastic one I […]

IHE Fellow Michael Pakaluk wrote an article in The Catholic Thing entitled “Three Mistakes about the Common Good.” Read more here.

By Lucia A. Silecchia As a teacher, I have mixed feelings about graduations. While commencements launch new beginnings for graduates, they are also bittersweet farewells. Each year, the basic formula of our graduation ceremonies remains the same.  The setting, order of events and cherished traditions remain remarkably unchanged, reflecting the enduring desire to mark important […]

By Noelle Mering “If you don’t understand the wave, you can’t respect it. And if you don’t have respect, it’s only a matter of time before the ocean teaches you to get some.” — Laird Hamilton One of the first things a child learns in encountering the ocean is that it is much bigger than […]