By Lucia A. Silecchia Martha, Martha, Martha. I have always had a fondness in my heart for St. Martha. Alas, because she made one complaint recorded in scripture she has been forever remembered as a whiny sister. Yet, I admire her enthusiasm for all the details of hospitality and the hard work she put into […]
By Lucia A. Silecchia June 24, 2022. In the life of a nation – as in the life of each person – days come to face past failings and take steps to correct them. That always begins with an honest admission of prior error. When the Supreme Court did just this in Dobbs v. Jackson […]
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 […]
by Brandon Showalter At the conclusion of an extraordinary year, the MA in Human Rights cohort had the privilege of meeting and connecting with Prof. Robert Destro of the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America. His areas of expertise include international human rights, religious freedom, and bioethics. Destro served as the […]
