20 May, 2026
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Renowned author emphasizes beatitudes, peace, poverty

SOPHIA CHAMBLEE STAFF WRITER Finnegan Fieldhouse buzzed with excitement Sunday evening as hundreds of students prepared to listen to famous author and speaker the Rev. Jacques Philippe, CB.   Since French is Philippe’s first and preferred language, laywoman Maria Masterson translated his lecture for the English-speaking crowd.  “Poverty of heart is like a gate to the […]

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Jacques Philippe comments on the importance, beauty of praise in the Spirit

THERESA BALICK STAFF WRITER Praise is an important part of living the spiritual life because it elevates and deepens prayer, according to the Rev. Jacques Philippe, CB, Tuesday at the weekly all-campus praise and worship.  Philippe, author of many books on the spiritual life, including “Searching for and Maintaining Peace,” preached the various ways praise can elevate hearts to be closer […]

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Critic’s Corner Column: Life springing forth from the Requiem

ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR “Remember your death,” is a slogan you may have heard. In today’s world, it’s something that is often shoved to the side as something avoidable when we ignore it. But the Catholic Church, always desiring our greater good, brings death to our attention not as something to be dreaded, but as […]