As I pushed my bags out the door of Nevils Hall last Tuesday morning, I opened Uber and Lyft, hoping that my ride to Reagan National Airport … [Read more...] about VIEWPOINT: Bring Back Airport Shuttle Services
BAZAIL-EIMIL: Embrace Post-Vatican II Reform
At the close of the Second Vatican Council, Saint Paul VI, remarked, “never before perhaps, so much as on this occasion, has the Church felt … [Read more...] about BAZAIL-EIMIL: Embrace Post-Vatican II Reform
BAZAIL-EIMIL: Change Christian Discourse on Divorce
There’s a scene in the series finale of “How I Met Your Mother” I’ve found myself considering a lot lately, in which, spoiler alert, Barney … [Read more...] about BAZAIL-EIMIL: Change Christian Discourse on Divorce
BAZAIL-EIMIL: Resist Ideological Litmus Tests in Catholicism
Communion. Eucharist. The body and blood. It goes by many names, but Communion is one of the cornerstones of Catholic religious life. For … [Read more...] about BAZAIL-EIMIL: Resist Ideological Litmus Tests in Catholicism
BAZAIL-EIMIL: Return to Christianity’s Inclusive Roots
In the Gospels, Jesus enters the temple in Jerusalem and sees the Pharisees have allowed moneylenders and exchangers to set up tables in the … [Read more...] about BAZAIL-EIMIL: Return to Christianity’s Inclusive Roots
BAZAIL-EIMIL: Keep a Loving Faith
“What unites all of our faiths is two things: peace and love.” When I attended Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program weekend as a … [Read more...] about BAZAIL-EIMIL: Keep a Loving Faith
VIEWPOINT: Challenge Narratives About Cuba
The news alert came in from my local newspaper, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, on Friday, April 16, at 3:13 p.m. EDT: “Raul Castro to … [Read more...] about VIEWPOINT: Challenge Narratives About Cuba
BAZAIL-EIMIL: Rediscover Georgetown After Pandemic
In Poem XX of his iconic collection “Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada,” Pablo Neruda, yearning in vain for his departed … [Read more...] about BAZAIL-EIMIL: Rediscover Georgetown After Pandemic
BAZAIL-EIMIL: Embrace Forgiveness in Daily Life
In one of my favorite books, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterwork “The Scarlet Letter,” the ostracized protagonist Hester Prynne declares to her … [Read more...] about BAZAIL-EIMIL: Embrace Forgiveness in Daily Life
BAZAIL-EIMIL: Reject Unhealthy Standards of Perfection
In his poem “Pied Beauty,” the English poet and Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., thanks God for what Hopkins describes as “dappled … [Read more...] about BAZAIL-EIMIL: Reject Unhealthy Standards of Perfection
