Thursday, April 11, 2019
Core Fellow Receives Innovation Project Grant
Core Fellow, Travis Stevens, received an Innovation Project Grant in order to created a gamification project for Core I.
News and Events
Friday, April 5, 2019
Inside the Core this Week: C. S. Lewis
Some Core II classes at this time may be reading from C. S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, which sums up Lewis' theology.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Core III Class on Fantasy and Faith
Fantasy and Faith explores how to engage the world through various moral and spiritual themes in works of fantasy.
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Core II Discusses Relationship Between Genesis and Science
Core II classes read Genesis 1-3 in the Bible in connection with the science readings linking meaning and value with science.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Core II Students Explore Science and Faith
Core II students read Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina as a way to begin exploring science and links to faith.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Core II Classes May be Reading Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen, included in the Core II text, was a mystic/visionary, poet, playwright, an abbess, and more.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Core Students Visit Ministry for Addicts and Their Families
Prof. Melinda Papaccio, who teaches in the English Dept. and the Core, took her students to the IThirst program in Stirling.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Core Students and Others Enjoy a Movie About Pope Francis
Students, faculty and administrators watched Pope Francis: A Man of his Word, directed by Wim Wenders.
Friday, February 1, 2019
Core II Students Explore Early Christian Texts
In Core II, students read the prison journal of Perpetua, along with probably one or more optional writings.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Core Classes Explore St. Paul's First Corinthians
In Core II, many classes continue to explore the world of the early Christians in St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Core II Classes Begin with Dialogue in Key Texts
Core II classes begin by reading Plato's Crito, along with one of two New Testament texts, one of these being 1 John.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Inside the Core this Week: Oxford
Inside the Core this Week: Oxford
Friday, November 30, 2018
Inside the Core this Week: Dorothy Day
Core 1 ends with a choice from among modern authors. One such author is Dorothy Day, who was committed to peace and the poor.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Inside the Core this Week: Martin Luther King Jr.
This week students in Core I delve into Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final speech, his "Mountaintop" sermon, just before he died.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Core 1 Classes Explore Papal Encyclical 'God is Love'
Students read Benedict XVI's encyclical "Deus Caritas Est" or "God is Love," examining connections with other texts.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Many Core Class Explore the Afterlife with Dante
Students reading Dante's Divine Comedy examine his journey of transformation as he travels through the afterlife.