Forgiveness
“God is more present in our suffering:” genocide survivor speaks on her faith experience
By Eleanor O’Hagan Staff Writer Immaculée Ilibagiza, an author and a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, spoke on her journey of prayer, forgiveness and love to students, faculty and visitors on Feb. 27 in Christ the King Chapel. Ilibagiza began by saying that forgiveness is a necessary precursor to prayer. “I cannot communicate with God […]
Friar speaks on Lent, eating disorders
JOHN MACDONALD STAFF WRITER A Franciscan friar gave reassurance to students observing Lenten fasting with an eating disorder on the morning of Ash Wednesday in the Fireside Lounge. Few chairs were left unfilled as former social worker the Rev. Luke Robertson, TOR, gave advice on how to spiritually heal from eating disorders and properly handle Lenten sacrifice. Robertson said that if someone is struggling […]
Catholic Values Column: Prayers for McCarrick
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Last Saturday morning, the first thing I saw online was the news that Ted McCarrick, former cardinal and disgraced archbishop of Washington, D.C., had become the first American bishop and cardinal to be defrocked, or removed from the clerical state. It really hit me when I read the New York […]
Pope St. John Paul II’s message of joy and mercy
BY HANNAH CRITES ASSISTANT EDITOR Pope St. John Paul II was a man who lived to see war, tyrannical governments and the death of his whole family all before he was 25 years old. Later in his life, he was shot, and he suffered with one of the most awful diseases. But when most people […]