A late-night visit to Lauinger Library anytime during the next couple of weeks will reveal mobs of students working hard. Students studying intensely. Alone. I’m interested in the last: the ...

A major contribution of the Council of Trent was the seminary system, whereby young men were trained to become priests through specialized courses in public speaking, philosophy, and theology. (Before ...

Word on Fire’s ‘With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life’ culls from the example of Mother Mary, saints and creative canon. Book cover of 'With All Her Mind' published by Word on Fire.

THE intellectual life of less self-conscious ages than ours has had no independent existence. Men have sought some other primary purpose, and given to philosophy, to poetry, to story-telling, only ...