Hildebrand Project
Journalist examines problems of contemporary Catholicism in America
JACOB WATSON LIBERAL COLUMNIST On Friday, April 12, students and faculty packed the Gentile Gallery to hear a New York Times columnist speak about the problems in contemporary American Catholicism as part of the academic lecture series. Ross Douthat recounted the scandals in American Catholicism today, the occasions that have confused many Catholics: the sex […]
Speaker offers suggestions for solution to “modern crisis”
KENDAL HUNTSMAN STAFF WRITER The Hildebrand Project provided a different perspective on the role of Catholics in the 21st century in a lecture on Tuesday evening titled “Catholic Social Doctrine in the Age of Trump” in the Gentile Gallery. R.R. Reno, editor of “First Things” magazine who holds a doctorate in religious ethics from Yale […]
Students enjoy World War II documentary’s unique perspective
MOLLY TRAINOR STAFF WRITER Franciscan University’s Hildebrand Student Fellowship presented a screening of the documentary “The World at War” Tuesday night in the Gentile Gallery. The first volume of A&E’s World War II documentary presented the evolution of National Socialism from 1933 to 1939, leading to the beginning of the war. Lindsay Russell, administrative coordinator […]
Hildebrand Project’s Truth from the Heart seeks to highlight Christian personalism
JOHN GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The Hildebrand Project’s online synopsis describes an organization dedicated to the preservation of “the thought and witness of Dietrich von Hildebrand.” Its student-run blog, Truth from the Heart, allows writers the opportunity to share their thoughts with a receptive, religious community. The print edition of the blog, published once a semester, […]