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Basic Training: Catholic college students at the SOA vigil

Monday, June 16, 2008
Basic Training: Catholic college students at the SOA vigil
Catholic college students get schooled in peace and protest at the annual School of the Americas vigil.

Only you? Shattering the myth of a soul mate

Sunday, October 26, 2008
Only you? Shattering the myth of a soul mate
Recently my friend Angela called me in tears. Angela, 31, and her husband have been married for three years, and they are very well-suited: They can spend hours talking and laughing, are attracted to each other, get along with each other's friends and families, and agree on faith, politics, and financial matters. But recently, she told me, the "glow" had worn off.

A higher degree of peace

Monday, February 22, 2010
A higher degree of peace
Already graduated college? You can still return to school for a master's or Ph.D. in peace.

Blessed are the peacemakers

Monday, February 22, 2010
The first Catholic college to launch a peace studies program was Manhattan College in New York, which opened its Pacem in Terris Institute in 1965, offered its first interdisciplinary peace studies class a year later, and had an undergraduate major under way by 1971.

Will work for peace by volunteering

Monday, February 22, 2010
Will work for peace by volunteering
Many recent peace studies graduates, like Erin Hivner, spend a year or two volunteering with programs such as the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Catholic Relief Services, or other religiously affiliated programs.

Learning experience

Monday, August 17, 2009
Learning experience
Catholic schools are filling in the teacher gap with new grads looking for a challenge.

Peace trained

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Peace trained
In Catholic classrooms and Ugandan villages, Patrick Corrigan strives to learn how to heal wounds of violence.

Students vote for expanded sex ed resources at Boston College

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Students vote for expanded sex ed resources at Boston College
A referendum on sexual health that earned the support of 90 percent of Boston College students presents a unique opportunity to discuss sexuality, administrators say. But BC students may be less interested in teachable moments on sexual ethics than they are in an expansion of the school's sex education program.

Students vote for expanded sex ed resources at Boston College

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Students vote for expanded sex ed resources at Boston College
A referendum on sexual health that earned the support of 90 percent of Boston College students presents a unique opportunity to discuss sexuality, administrators say. But BC students may be less interested in teachable moments on sexual ethics than they are in an expansion of the school's sex education program.