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St. Thomas of the Creator: The Return to the Savior Through Recognition of the Creator
Faith and MissionEmma Miller is a current senior at the University of St. Thomas, studying biology, Catholic studies and philosophy. After hearing about Ave Maria University’s undergraduate essay contest from Dr. William Junker, she submitted her paper, “St. Thomas of the Creator: The Return to the Savior Through Recognition of the Creator.” Miller received first place and…
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Navigating Higher Education With Catholic Studies
Faith and MissionAs chairman of the Department and director of the Center for Catholic Studies, we spend a lot of time helping high school students and their parents navigate the often difficult process of choosing a university. Our first question is simply this: What do you want at the end of four years? We then propose three… -
Realizing Dreams: 2022 Graduate Commencement
University NewsIt’s a walk they’ve been looking forward to for months, years even. More than 1,100 St. Thomas graduate students were awarded their degrees today, May 22, with 700 of them participating at a duo of outdoor commencement ceremonies. "You have been through a great deal, and yet here you are completing these degrees and celebrating… -
Creating a Culture of Encounter
Faith and MissionThis story is featured in the fall/winter 2021 issue of Lumen. First-of-its kind collaboration gains interest from around the country Catholic Studies launched a new collaboration – the first of its kind – with the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Office for the Mission of Catholic Education, to form Catholic educators in a deeper… -
Honoring the Communion of Saints With St. Paul Iconographer
Faith and MissionThis story is featured in the fall/winter 2021 issue of Lumen. As part of an ongoing commitment to amplify the rich cultural and racial diversity within the Catholic Church, the Murphy Institute initiated a collaboration with a local artist this spring to begin work on a series of icons that will be housed at the… -
Chasing Dreams, Promoting Dignity
Faith and MissionThis story is featured in the fall/winter 2021 issue of Lumen. A fashion designer. A postpartum doula. A therapist. At the surface, Catherine Huss '14, Lizzy Thibault '19 and Jake Voelker '08 don't seem to have much in common beyond their Catholic faith. Their fields are wildly diverse, but beneath the surface, these three Catholic… -
Undergraduate Reflection: What Did You Say to the Father?
Faith and MissionThis story is featured in the fall/winter 2021 issue of Lumen. There we were, shoulder to shoulder, squeezed into a small wooden pew in the Eucharistic adoration chapel. I spent a moment in prayer with Marely and Mariela, two Mexican-American girls I had been teaching the past couple months. Together we made the Sign of… -
‘On Eagle’s Wings’ Composer to Retire
Faith and MissionThis story is featured in the fall/winter 2021 issue of Lumen. World-renowned composer Father Michael Joncas ’75, artist-in-residence at St. Thomas, is retiring from full-time ministry effective Jan. 1, 2022. As he contemplated his upcoming retirement from active ministry, many fond memories arose. There was the time in 2003-04 when Joncas contracted Guillain-Barré syndrome, a… -
CSMA Master's Essay: American Religious Liberty and Catholic Perspectives
Faith and MissionThis story is featured in the fall/winter 2021 issue of Lumen. Throughout my time in the St. Thomas Law and Catholic Studies joint degree program, I became fascinated with issues at the intersection of faith and the law. I became especially aware of a cultural trend of growing disdain for Americans who hold to traditional… -
LOGOS Journal: Beauty, Order and the Moral Imagination
Faith and MissionThis story is featured in the fall/winter 2021 issue of Lumen. This quarter’s issue of LOGOS features a piece from Jared Zimmerer, widely known for his work with Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire. In this article, Zimmerer explores the wisdom of a 20th-century intellectual giant, Russell Kirk, on subjects of “Beauty, Order and the Moral…