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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Sister Grace Miriam Usala (MED ’16), RSM, was a panelist at the third annual Lives Worthy of Respect event.

Science and Faith Are Not Opposed, Anti-Abortion Activists Say

By Hansen Lian October 23, 2019

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Sister Grace Miriam Usala (MED ’16), RSM, was a panelist at the third annual Lives Worthy of Respect event. Scientific evidence supports a moral opposition...

RUIZ: Bridging Faith and Spirituality

RUIZ: Bridging Faith and Spirituality

By Ana Ruiz April 26, 2019

Before coming to Georgetown, I was only religious on Sundays. My family went to church every week without fail. However, once  my mind shifted from church to schoolwork, I turned my Catholic switch off,...

LIZZA: Healing the Church Crisis With Faith

LIZZA: Healing the Church Crisis With Faith

By Erica Lizza February 15, 2019

When I made my first Communion on a sunny April day in 2005, I had never heard about the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal that dominated the news a few years earlier. With new allegations resurfacing...

CHARCAS: Reclaiming Autonomy in Faith Formation

CHARCAS: Reclaiming Autonomy in Faith Formation

By Andrea Charcas November 29, 2018

My identity as a woman of faith was once determined by the men in my life. My uncles, my grandpa — even my own father. These men had tattoos of the Virgin Mary on their chests, wore chains engrained...

METZGER: Why the Catholic Church Needs Feminism

METZGER: Why the Catholic Church Needs Feminism

By MyLan Metzger November 7, 2018

Studying Christian theology has given me both hope and disappointment concerning the treatment of women in the Catholic Church. I have been inspired and moved by the mystical writing of medieval women,...

CLARK: God in Two Churches

CLARK: God in Two Churches

By Havens Clark October 11, 2018

Unlike many Catholics, I was not forced into a suit and tie or printed dress and sweater every Sunday morning. I didn’t spend my early elementary years dreaming of my first Communion veil or worrying...

NGUYEN: In Choir, A Chance to Find Gods Voice

NGUYEN: In Choir, A Chance to Find God’s Voice

By Truc Nguyen September 27, 2018

Before coming to college, my faith felt like an obligation. I come from a long line of Catholics who taught me belief in God was a necessity — and anything short of complete faith would guarantee damnation....

HANNAH LEVINE/THE HOYA Catholic Women at Georgetown and Georgetowns chapter of Knights of Columbus held a holy hour for survivors of clerical sexual abuse. The holy hour comes in the wake of a series of allegations of sexual assault against members of the Catholic Church.

Catholic Student Groups Hold Holy Hour for Sexual Abuse Survivors

By Katrina Schmidt September 27, 2018

Catholic Women at Georgetown and Georgetown’s chapter of Knights of Columbus hosted a joint prayer service for victims of clerical sexual abuse Sept. 21 in Dahlgren Chapel as allegations of sexual...

OSTERTAG: I Thought I Was A Planner. Then I Went to France

OSTERTAG: I Thought I Was A Planner. Then I Went to France

By Madeleine Ostertag September 13, 2018

I’m a planner. I always have — or hope to have — a plan for where I’ll be at a specific time and place. Throughout last year, 10 days — July 13 through July 22 — were marked off in bold,...

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