identity
Letter from the Editor: Riding the wave
By Charles Jardine Assistant Editor In my fifth semester in college, things could not be moving faster. If it weren’t for my online class, I don’t think I’d even know we just completed the eighth week of the semester. After a couple of major changes, I am still taking too many hours of classes, working […]
Disney films and the cult of individualism
FELICITY MORAN CRITICS CORNER COLUMNIST Who doesn’t love to relax and have fun with their favorite Disney film from childhood? As a firm lover of “Beauty and the Beast” and “Tangled,” I enjoy the feel-good fuzzies from these classics anytime. Still, I detect a frustrating trend in Disney films, especially modern ones, of celebrating individual identity ad nauseam. Think of […]
Dynamic speaker examines sexual identity in faith
KATHRYN FORTENBERRY STAFF WRITER Sunday night, the founder of a movement which promotes authentic Catholic living spoke to an audience in the Gentile Gallery about the role of identity within the faith. Anna Carter, co-founder of Eden Invitation, presented her talk, “Into the Longing: Life and Love Beyond the LGBT Paradigm,” which was the first […]
Catholic speakers share their stories of same-sex attraction
JEN HANTZ STAFF WRITER Two Catholic speakers shared stories of God’s love through their struggles with same-sex attraction to a gallery full of students on the evening of Sept. 5. The talk, titled “Who are you? Identity and Same-sex Attraction,” began the second week of the Gift of Human Sexuality Symposium. Speakers Dan Mattson and […]
Franciscans share their spirituality as a key to identity
KENDAL HUNTSMAN STAFF WRITER Three familiar Franciscans gave an eye-opening talk on the necessity of the Franciscan spiritual life on Monday night at 9 p.m. in the Gentile Gallery. Speakers the Rev. Nathan Malavolti, TOR, Sister Maria Pio Wiggins, TOR, and the Rev. Rick Martignetti, OFM, emphasized that we all experience a crisis of identity […]