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SCHALL: Reflecting on College Friendship

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. October 14, 2011

In Plato's "Republic" (V), Socrates tells Glaucon that anyone "can feel both secure and confident when one has the truth about the dearest and most important things and speaks about them among those who...

MAHER: Tending to the Right Fires

By Fr. Ryan Maher, S.J. September 30, 2011

Last week, I was fortunate to be able to attend the inauguration of Fr. Scott Pilarz, SJ (COL '81) as the president of Marquette University. I have known Scott since we met as Georgetown undergraduates...

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. September 2, 2011

The "Whiffenpoofs" are assembled "with their glasses raised on high," as the nostalgic Yale College hymn goes. The University of Maine fight-song resounds: "Lift the steins to dear old Maine…" That...

Schall: What Is ‘College Life’?

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. September 2, 2011

The "Whiffenpoofs" are assembled "with their glasses raised on high," as the nostalgic Yale College hymn goes. The University of Maine fight-song resounds: "Lift the steins to dear old Maine…" That...

O’Brien: The Pursuit of Imperfection

By Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J. February 8, 2011

In these cold days of winter, I pleasantly remind myself that spring training is only a month away. I grew up in South Florida, the son of a former minor league baseball player, so March always meant seeing...

Maher: Jesuits Keeping the Hilltop’s Fire Ablaze

By Fr. Ryan Maher, S.J. January 25, 2011

Not long ago, the College of Arts and Sciences posted a video about Jesuits at Georgetown on its website. My Jesuit brothers Chris Steck, Matt Carnes, Kevin O'Brien and I were interviewed for this video....

A Call for Renewed Civility

By Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J. November 16, 2010

We are Georgetown! In these words, Georgetown students exclaim their enthusiasm at Hoya sporting events. But it is more than just a cheer. The chant says something profound about who we are. Georgetown...

The Jesuit Mission: Guiding and Educating to Pursue the Truth

By Fr. Ryan Maher, S.J. October 5, 2010

I LOVE BEING A JESUIT. ONE OF THE greatest joys of Jesuit life is that in joining the project of my life to the project of the Society of Jesus and its mission in service of the Church and the world, I...

On Being Otherwise Normal

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. March 19, 2010

The novelist Walker Percy, before going to medical school, went to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He tells us that he "lived in an attic of a fraternity house with four other guys. God,...

Learning to Swim Amid Confusing, Conflicting Voices

By Fr. Ryan Maher, S.J. February 26, 2010

Not long ago, my iPod shuffled up a song I hadn't listened to in ages - a relic of my country-western period. It was by Kathy Mattea and its chorus included the line, "[We] go through life parched and...

A Liberal Education

By Fr. James Schall, S.J. January 23, 2010

My former student sent me a recent column published in Newsweek by its editor, Jon Meacham, on "liberal education," the basics of which the students are supposed to receive here at Georgetown. The trouble...

On Listening With Enjoyment

By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. September 4, 2009

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.!" This area...

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