By IHE Graduate Scholar Molly Egilsrud Is it still worthwhile to go on pilgrimage? Throughout the Church’s history, pilgrims have traveled hundreds of miles on foot to the Holy Land, to Marian apparition sites, and to the relics of the saints, even walking as far north as Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, near the Arctic […]
By MA Student Afghani Barakzai On January 29, 2024, one day prior to the start of the Summit on International Religious Freedom, the MA students attended the training in religious freedom advocacy provided by the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI). Students heard from Dr. Jim Bennett, Director of the National Center for Religious Freedom Education ( […]
By Lucia A. Silecchia Happy Leap Day! The elusive February 29 rolls around again this year, as it does in all years that are divisible by four – unless, oddly, they are years that are divisible by 100 but not by 400. This quirky adjustment to the calendar has its origins in the astronomical reality […]
By MA Student Ngoltoingar Sunshine Chantal Bayor In this essay, we will explore two lives, Saint Bakhita’s and mine, to understand and share the unique connection between her story and mine. There is a historical relationship between the people of South Sudan and Chad. Eastern Chad and Western Sudan populations established social and religious ties […]
By M.A Student, Sarah Thomas The Catholic University of America’s master’s students in human rights met with Dr. Kent Hill. Dr. Hill is a Catholic scholar and practitioner who exemplifies positive Christian witness in society. He has worked in a variety of settings, holding senior roles over the course of his career at Eastern Nazarene […]
Eucatastrophe, a term coined by J.R.R. Tolkien as the opposite of Greek tragedy’s “catastrophe,” was a central concept in his conception of literature and reality. In the lecture “On Fairy-Stories,” he defines it as “the sudden joyous turn” in a narrative, something that brings joy out of what seemed like sorrow. We see it over […]
By M.A Student, Jair Peltier Last week I crossed a line off of my bucket list; to attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C. Growing up in Bottineau, North Dakota, our local chapter of Right to Life often held presentations and heavily advertised the March for Life every year. It was something I always […]
By M.A Student, Harry Scherer The reality of preborn life is not questioned by science. The most sophisticated arguments in favor of abortion don’t even try to deny it. We can take as settled that the sexual act produces a new organism, deriving and distinct from its parents. But the cultural event of the sexual […]
By M.A Student, Fr. Ambrose Ekeroku, OCD The interaction between Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life, and the MA Human Rights Students, led by Prof. William Saunders, during their visit to the March for Life office on the 29th of November, 2023 was enlightening and provided valuable insights into the pro-life movement. The discussion […]
By Lucia A. Silecchia I love a foggy morning. Perhaps this is a luxury I can enjoy because I am not a pilot, a seafarer or a driver on winding country roads. For those such as these, the inability to see in the distance is not a welcome treat. But, when I wake up in […]
By M.A Student, Fr. Ambrose Ekeroku, OCD The 26th of October 2023 marked a day of profound intellectual engagement for the participants of the MA Human Rights Program and select Law students. Nick Nikkas, a distinguished human rights practitioner from the Federalist Society, graced the occasion with a lecture that delved into the intrinsic relationship […]
As the familiar strains of Christmas hymns fill the air these days, it occurs to me that, in the canon of our most popular Christmas songs, Saint Joseph is inexplicably missing. As these songs describe the earliest witnesses to the Nativity, we sing of angels, wise men, little drummer boys, shepherds, sheep, and barnyard animals […]
