Column: As This Jesuit Sees It...

The method of execution was meant to send a message: The Jesuits were shot in the head to destroy the brains that were the font of ideas that challenged a repressive system.

Somehow Hoya peacockery can be easily transformed from comical to menacing, from pitiable to credible in this time of decisions about withdrawals.

Something in my soul resonates with Samuel Johnson’s suggestion to read five hours a day. I am an advocate for getting an education in spite of college.

Millenials on the Hilltop bounce from one activity to the next in a dizzying array of clubs, teams, group projects, social events and internships. All this efficiency and productivity — but at what price?

Most of us want to get things right, to move toward the answer to our deepest questions. We also know that on our good days, our progress is two steps forward, one step back.

A friend told me that she, her husband and her family were to spend time on the Mendocino coast in Northern California, where “it should be very cold and foggy, a refreshing change after D.C.!”

What is it with life on the Hilltop? How is it possible that this is the last week of classes ...

On May 13, 1964, J. R. R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Colin Bailey about his unfinished story “The New ...

Just months after professing my Jesuit vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, I asked my superiors to send me to ...

Every once in a while — usually while I am talking with students in class or in my office — I find ...