Posted by Monica Stiles, ’12 Psychology and Catholic Studies

On Saturday, January 28, the Church celebrated the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas. As students at a liberal arts University, we have a lot to thank Aquinas for. His work with philosophy and theology has shaped much of not only what the Church teaches, but also even some secular views of morality and ethics. We are so blessed to have such a brilliant, impactful, and holy man as our patron.

As a Catholic Studies student with a relative understanding that this world is so much greater than what any human’s intelligence can grasp, starting yet another semester makes one sometimes want to quote what Aquinas said after giving up writing, “I cannot go on…. All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.” (http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1274). Now, I would venture to guess that what has been revealed to me has not been quite as great Continue Reading

Pictured above: Jason Evert

Written by Harry Welsh ’14, Business Managment Major

On November 8^th, UST’s campus was blessed with the opportunity to have Jason Evert come speak about chastity. Jason Evert is an internationally known, dynamic, and engaging speaker on chastity, relationships, romance, and purity. He has a master’s degree in theology, and undergraduate degrees in counseling and theology, with a minor in philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is the author of more than ten books, including If You Really Loved Me, How to Find Your Soulmate Without Losing Your soul, and Theology of the Body for Teens, which challenge young people to be pure.

Listening to his talk, a few things stood out to me most. First, women in society are displayed in media more as objects than as human beings with dignity. Being men on a college campus, we are not only constantly surrounded by beautiful women on campus, but also by the skewed image of women that is in the media; there are temptations all around us. As a man at the talk Continue Reading

Written by Justina Hausmann ’13, Neuroscience and Catholic Studies

When I transferred from DePaul University during my freshman year, I have to admit I had high expectations for the University of St. Thomas. I surely was not going to transfer again, so this just HAD to be good. While I did enjoy my first semester as a Tommie, I was hungry for more, for more Christ, for more community. I wanted to feel like this campus was mine. It was this hunger that led me to Catholic Studies.

This year, I was asked to join a Bible study through the group Living the Word: Scripture Studies Continue Reading

Written by Andrew Kincheloe ’12, Business Administration-Entrepreneurship

So Thursday night rolls around and students are conversing about hitting up Plums or Tiff’s, maybe cramming for that test your professor carelessly scheduled for a Friday morning, or, being October, watching some playoff baseball games.  Well if you are in the library you might see a group of 30-40 guys meeting in the Leather Room, eating B-Dubs and talking about (if you believe it) how to be a man and live your faith on campus. Continue Reading

“O inestimable charity! Even as You, true God and true Man, gave Yourself entirely to us, so also You left Yourself entirely for us, to be our food, so that during our earthly pilgrimage we would not faint with weariness, but would be strengthened by You, our celestial Bread. O man, what has your God left you? He has left you Himself, wholly God and wholly Man, concealed under the whiteness of bread. O fire of love! Was it not enough for You to have created us to Your image and likeness, and to have recreated us in grace through the Blood of Your Son, without giving Yourself wholly to us as our Food, O God, Divine Essence? What impelled You to do this? Your charity alone. It was not enough for You to send Your Word to us for our redemption; neither were You content to give Him us as our Food, but in the excess of Your love for Your creature, You gave to man the whole divine essence…”
– St. Catherine of Siena

This week marks the kick off of UST’s Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. As students passed through the quad after class mindlessly, Fr. Erich Rutten followed by a lengthy procession of people, carried Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Blessed Sacrament into the Koch Commons Adoration Chapel to ignite the beginning of perpetual adoration for the Fall 2011 Semester.  Continue Reading