My Take
Table Talk
Prof. Brett Hoover studied the impact of immigration on Midwestern Catholic parishes, where even dinner table conversations revealed starkly different views of immigrants.
Central Valley Grandeur
Jasmine Marshall Armstrong ’00 describes how the Ignatian spiritual tradition shapes her poems and how she sees the natural beauty of the Central Valley where she lives.
Tar on the Wall
Thirty years after dropping out, Nina Louise M.A. ’20 returned to the classroom. But books accompanied her all the way to her Ph.D. program in Hawaii.
No Places Like Home
How does California’s Central Valley become home when you’ve been raised in metro Detroit and moved 10 times? Jermaine Johnson II ’19 is working on an answer to that question.
The Bones of St. Peter
James T. Keane ’96, an editor at America magazine, recalls a trip he led with a group of students to the catacombs of the Church of San Silvestro in Capite in Rome.
For and With
An alumna reflects on the impact of De Colores service trips on her commitment to being for and with others.
Do Not Fear Grief
Loss and suffering in her and her students’ lives led a teacher to grief’s depths. Then she learned a deeper meaning of the words “Be not afraid.”
L.A.’s Unclaimed Dead
Each year, Los Angeles County sponsors a burial service for the those who have died within the county borders but whose bodies have gone unclaimed. Here is a reflection by writer Janet Kinosian, who attended the annual burial service in December 2017.
At the Edge of Belonging
Novelist Gian Sardar ’96 describes growing up in an unusual family: Flemish roots on one side and Kurdish on the other.