Archive Posts
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To Love and Be Loved: Caring Well for the Elderly During the Pandemic
Faith and MissionCassandra Schwetz '17 reflects on caring well for the elderly during the pandemic.
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Considering Online Education Through Newman's Principles
Faith and Mission"The Idea of a University" by St. John Henry Newman can offer some important principles to guide our thinking about the possibilities of online education. -
Invite Them In: Family as Mission
Faith and MissionThe "mission of family" is as vast and diverse as the starts in the sky. We sat down with three alumni families that have made their focus of "saying yes" a way of life. -
Panel Discusses Bishop Mathias Loras and Loras Hall
Diversity, Equity and InclusionIn the next step of a deliberative process related to concerning information recently received about Bishop Mathias Loras, the namesake of Loras Hall, a panel answered questions and shared best practices on truth and reconciliation. -
When (Not) in Rome: An Oral History of the Decision to Close Bernardi Campus
COVID-19 ResponseAs COVID-19 spread throughout Italy, university officials wrestled with the decision of whether to close the Bernardi Campus. St. Thomas was the first program in Rome to close its operations … and just in time. Here’s an oral history of the decisions to close the Rome campus. -
Gertrud von le Fort’s Churchly Imagination
Faith and MissionIn the Spring 2020 issue of Logos, we are pleased to present in our Reconsiderations feature some of the poetry and prose of Gertrud von le Fort (1876-1971), a German Catholic convert author most famous for The Song at the Scaffold, her novel about the Carmelites of Compiegne who were executed during the French Revolution. -
A Ready and Open Heart
Faith and MissionThe Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership’s Mission and Culture Apprenticeship in Catholic Schools helped Emma Dingbaum '20 discover that the role of a Catholic educator not only includes teaching, but often development, admissions, athletics and administration. -
Meeting His Gaze
Faith and MissionAileen Shea '20 reflects on Michelangelo's "Moses" in Rome, Italy. -
Continuing Committed Conversations of Faith: Murphy Institute Transition
Faith and MissionLeadership of the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy is transitioning from Lisa Schiltz ’10 CSMA to Gregory Sisk and David P. Deavel. -
Reaching Higher Heights
Faith and MissionSeeing a growing need to help the local Archdiocese Latino youth aspire to higher education, in 2018 Father Joseph Williams, vicar for the Archdiocese’s Latino ministries, proposed expanding a partnership between Habiger Institute Latino Scholars and the Church of St. Stephen’s in south Minneapolis to support high schoolers in parishes who hope to pursue a four-year degree at a Catholic university, specifically with St. Thomas Catholic Studies.