"You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page." Jodi Picoult I do not typically write academic papers, nonetheless one based in history. So, to say the least, this is difficult. Especially difficult. I have never had an assignment before that has challenged me in the way that this one has.... Continue Reading →

To be completely honest, this is not as easy as I initially expected it to be. I thought that I could just choose a topic that I would be interested in, find the sources that I needed, and craft a compelling argument that I would present to a group of people. I was completely wrong.... Continue Reading →

If, hypothetically, the topic of this project were to be presented in the time it takes to ride an elevator, it would be the changes and continuities in the relationship between the theory of evolution and the Catholic Church over time. However, after further discussion, this topic seems a little broad, almost too broad to... Continue Reading →

Religion never played a significant part in my development as a child. While I may never know why I wasn't exposed to and raised with religion, I can say with certainty that I found comfort in the field of science to answer the questions that perpetuated themselves within my childish mind. I was never capable... Continue Reading →

"It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it." Dale Carnegie Are you happy? When asked this question, some will fervently claim that they truly are happy. Others will readily admit that they... Continue Reading →

The sources that I have selected for this week's discussion are centered around Catholic women and their fight for employment in the church. The first source regards Chicago Catholic women and a boycott that is held on Mother's Day in an attempt to force the Catholic Church to ordain women as priests. The second source... Continue Reading →

The source that I have selected for this week's discussion regarding the presidential campaigns of Al Smith, JFK, RFK, and Eugene McCarthy, is centered around JFK's address that he gave to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in 1960. I selected an article that discusses this speech (I have also attached the speech itself for reference)... Continue Reading →

"In other words, it’s the contrast between a white-collar and a blue-collar Catholicism. The oscillation between those two poles has sort of been the story of the “Catholic vote” in America, and right now the pendulum seems to be swinging again in the blue-collar direction." John L. Allen Jr. This past week, on November 6th,... Continue Reading →

"Today we too often look at the Church as a struggle between left and right, and we invest a lot of energy into trying to determine which side is winning. If we judge the Church - and the pope - in political terms, we not only risk doing harm to the unity of the Church;... Continue Reading →

"You look at 1968 and it was truly the year that shook the world. The world was really completely upside down." Emilio Estevez 2018 marks 50 years since the world was forever changed by the events of 1968. Between the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, anti-Vietnam protests erupting across the nation,... Continue Reading →