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VIDEO: Why Do Priests Wear Black with a White Collar?
Quotes from the QuadThere is a long history behind why Catholic priests wear a black clerical suit with a white collar. "It was a gradual process," says Father Evan Koop, dean of men at the St. Paul Seminary, which sits on the south campus of the University of St. Thomas. He says originally, priests wore the same clothes…
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Where Two or Three Are Gathered: A Homemade Retreat
Faith and MissionONLINE MAGAZINE EXCLUSIVE As the 2021 Advent season approached, a desire was building within Katie Erickson ’14 to draw closer to Jesus and to go deeper within her Catholic community, which includes former classmates and roommates from her days as a Catholic studies major, as well as her coworkers. While the worst of the COVID-19… -
The Unbearable Sadness of Being Gollum
ONLINE MAGAZINE EXCLUSIVE Few characters in literature stand out as grotesque, pitiful, and sad as J.R.R. Tolkien’s creature Gollum. The complexity of Gollum’s character is presented in two personae: Sméagol – the once Hobbit-like creature who years ago lived above ground in a community with friends and family; and Gollum, the morally grotesque creature he… -
Podcast: Deep Down Things with Guest Father Joseph Carola
In the NewsProfessor of Catholic Studies David Deavel talks with Father Joseph Carola about the Catholic tradition and the Church fathers. Q. In many ways, the Church today is facing a similar kind of – the ground is moving under us, there are lots of things that are collapsing. Do you think that we're in a similar… -
Tommie Award Finalist: Viviana Ruiz ’23
Humans of St. ThomasSince transferring from Texas A&M to St. Thomas, Tommie Award finalist Viviana Ruiz ’23 has embodied a culture of encounter. The communication studies and Catholic studies double major is an intern at the Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership, a Duc in Altum core team member in Campus Ministry, and a former percussionist in the St.… -
Remembering Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
In Our PrayersThe University of St Thomas joins the faithful around the world in prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The Vatican announced that the 95-year-old passed away on Saturday, Dec. 31, at 9:34 a.m. in his residence at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. On Saturday, University of St. Thomas President Rob Vischer tweeted: "The @UofStThomasMN mourns… -
Podcast: Deep Down Things with Guest Dr. Michael Naughton
In the NewsHost Dr. David Deavel talks with guest Dr. Michael Naughton on how to develop one's professional and personal life. Naughton is the director for the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Thomas and is the author of Getting Work Right: Labor and Leisure in a Fragmented World. Q. Tell us what the main idea is… -
VIDEO: Importance of Seeking a Culture of Encounter
Faith and MissionSometimes friendships go south. Perhaps it’s from a dispute over politics, general personal beliefs or because of control conflicts or a simple misunderstanding. It’s not unusual for people in relationships with one another to sometimes disagree. It has even happened with God’s relationship with humanity, as we see in Biblical stories, Vice President for Mission… -
A Simple Priest With a Big Dream: Monsignor Terrence Murphy's Vision of a Catholic University
Faith and MissionI first met Monsignor Terrence Murphy – the 13th president of St. Thomas – not as a biographer or historian, but as a reader of his own words. As part of an assistantship coupled to my graduate pursuits in Catholic Studies, I was asked to transcribe the handwritten and typewritten homilies and speeches Murphy gave… -
Friendship: Navigating Higher Education With Catholic Studies
Faith and MissionWe are made for friendship. Students discover in their time in Catholic Studies many opportunities for making and deepening friendships with each other and with the professors and staff of Catholic Studies. The Catholic Studies Telos Living Learning Community (LLC) invites incoming freshmen to just such friendships. Students live together in Dowling Hall. They also…