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by bcadmin | Dec 6, 2021 | Catholic social thought, Georgetown University, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought, News, Picks, Social media, U.S. & World News | 0 |
When using social media, Ogechi Akalegbere, a catechist and co-chair of the pastoral council at St. Rose of Lima Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, finds it’s prudent to ensure that her posts honestly reflect her views and are respectful of others.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 5, 2021 | Catholic social thought, Georgetown University, Isaac Hawkins, Jesuits, Joseph Stewart, News, Owning Slavery, Pursuing Justice, Seeking Reconciliation, slavery, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The work of Georgetown University and the Jesuits in reckoning with the history of owning and selling enslaved people may hold lessons for the rest of the Catholic Church and American society, said several panelists at an April 29 discussion at the university.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Books, Catholic Church, Catholic social teaching, Catholic social thought, Interviews, lead, News | 0 |
Christine Firer Hinze is Professor of Theological and Social Ethics, Chair of the Department of Theology, former Director of the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University, and president-elect of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 5, 2021 | Alasdair MacIntyre, Aristotle, Catholic social thought, Essay, Features, Jacques Maritain, News, Plato, Polis, Pope Leo XIII, republic, Rerum Novarum, Thomism | 0 |
Since the ancient Greeks, there have generally been two opposing impulses for political thought. The first is summed up in Plato’s Republic, the second in Aristotle’s polis. The republic is large and relies on the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2020 | Abortion, Catholic Church, Catholic social teaching, Catholic social thought, Culture, culture of life, Featured, human dignity, Into the Deep, News, prolife, Prophets, Respect Life Sunday, Saint John Paul II, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Saints, sin, Social Doctrine, surrender, trust, Truth | 0 |
“Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what it wants.” (Saint Teresa of Calcutta) We live in an age that is filled with signs and wonders, many of which are ominous and terrifying—our polit…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Catholic social teaching, Catholic social thought, Coronavirus, Coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, Georgetown, News, solidarity, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The call to solidarity in Catholic social teaching is “an X-ray in our society that exposes the inequalities in our society, the fragmentation,” said author and columnist David Brooks during an April 6 online forum sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 30, 2020 | Catholic Health Association, Catholic social thought, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Father Myles Sheehan, Georgetown University, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, John Carr, John Monahan, lead, News, Pope Francis, Reyna Guardado, Sister Carol Keehan | 0 |
A Georgetown University panel highlighted Catholic social teaching as a touchstone for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
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