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May 2018

May 15, 2018

Pondering a Bittersweet Graduation

As you may or may not have noticed, I was on a lengthy sabbatical...

May 01, 2018

Do Liberalized Views of Sexuality Cause Sexual Assault?

The Washington Examiner recently published a piece on the recent controversy over the failure of...

May 01, 2018

Alumnae Respond to Recent Confusion over Open Letter to FUS

I’ve been recently privileged to grow close to Franciscan University alumna Theresa Williams. She...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Deconstructing Ancient Myths: Coming Forward as a Victim is Neither Fun nor Lucrative

Trust me when I say there is no satisfaction in revealing your abuser. It...

April 28, 2018

Alum Joe Dantona on the FUS Title IX Controversy

Conservative Franciscan graduate shares his concern and disillusionment I have debated how to speak...

April 27, 2018

Where Were You When I Needed You? An FUS Student Speaks Out

A child-victim of sexual assault opens up about the recent Title IX controversy at...

April 24, 2018

Growing up a child victim of Catholic Domestic Violence

This post is hard to write. I’m not exactly sure how to write...

April 22, 2018

The FUS Title IX article and vincible ignorance

As y’all know, I’ve been pretty silent these last few weeks. I certainly...

April 21, 2018

FUS and Title IX: Some much-needed context

Students ask for answers Yesterday I sat outside the JC Williams...

April 14, 2018

Letting Passion Speak

As most of you probably know, I'm a month away from graduating with my...

April 11, 2018

Sanctity of Life: Am I my brother’s keeper?

The last time that I was at confession, I had to confess that I...

April 07, 2018

Meanderings from Mass: The Honesty of Job

A few weeks ago I was at Sunday morning Mass. As per my...

April 02, 2018

I like to think that Jesus was an introvert

I do have a basis for this. Anyone who’s had exposure to the...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

Good Friday: I am angry

It’s been an odd Lent, and a strange Holy Week. I’ve skipped...

March 26, 2018

Gratitude for Brokenness

Life is weird these days. Weird to realize that I'm healthier now than ever...

March 22, 2018

Spite. And a cat. (Why millennials are leaving the Church—and why we aren’t: Part 2)

This is part 2 in our "Why millennials are leaving the Church—and why we aren't" series....

March 17, 2018

A {Recovering} Chronic Chameleon

Oh good, another millennial who doesn’t know who they are or why they’re here....

March 16, 2018

Assault or Not? Katy Perry Kissed an Unwilling 19-year-old Man

I wasn’t planning to write today, but then I stumbled upon Rebecca Bratten Weiss’s...

March 15, 2018

Why millennials are leaving the Church—and why we aren’t

Recently a friend sent an article my way. She suggested it might be a...

March 13, 2018

“I am like a deaf man; I cannot hear”

I've found a new way to pray. On Sunday, I skipped Mass. It's only...

March 12, 2018

“If you want me, come find me.”

When I lived at home and had gotten my driver’s license, I signed up for...

March 10, 2018

The (Many) Languages of Heaven

The Gift of Language Barriers We often think of differing languages as “barriers.”...

March 07, 2018

Confession Line Angst

I step inside a church for the first time in a month. God and...

March 06, 2018

Meanderings from Mass

Mass is hard for me. When I was a teenager, my father forced us to...

March 05, 2018

Welcome to the World Beyond the Pale

Oolo. My name is Marie. You can call me Eloise, if you like. I’ll...

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