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Generating My Avatar

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Weekly Update

The real campus speech crisis isn't censorship - it's the replacement of open inquiry with dogmatic political identities that discourage genuine dialogue.

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Foundations
Rembrandt's "Return of the Prodigal Son"

Remembering Who We Are

Through a simple allegory, a challenge is presented: "Can it be that you have entirely forgotten who you are?"

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Enrichment

Immaculate Conception Cathedral stands over the site of both centuries of persecutory practices and the previous cathedral, which was destroyed by the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

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Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
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God Wants His World Back

Rev. John Riccardo
Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
Msgr. James P. Shea
President, University of Mary
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Jesus is not weak. Jesus is the one who assailed the strong man, as he puts it in the Gospels, and he has taken on the enemy and won. He’s the one who is calling you to follow him.
Rev. John Riccardo Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
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The Wonderment of a Conclave

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The Holy Spirit at Calvary

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Sport: A Metaphor for Life with Andrew Swafford and Fr. Craig Vasek

Dr. Andrew Swafford
Rev. Craig Vasek
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Foundations
Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
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Peter Receives the Keys by Paolo de Matteis

Why Did God Give Us a Pope?

The more we understand the nature of this choice gift of God, the better we will be able to respond to the Spirit’s action in the world, and to receive the graces it brings according to God’s often hidden purposes.

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Understanding the Role of the Pope

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The Papacy Throughout History

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The Conclave: Apostolic Succession at Work

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