Cross and graves vandalized at Catholic university cemetery

Cross and graves vandalized at Catholic university cemetery

admin June 24, 2020 0 Comments

CNA—A man has been arrested and charged with vandalism and assault after  swastikas were painted on the graves of several Dominican friars and a security guard was assaulted at Catholic college on Monday evening.  A statement from Fr. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., and Fr. Kenneth Sicard, O.P., the president and president-elect of Providence College, Rhode Island,…

In Academia as in Government, Personnel Is Policy

In Academia as in Government, Personnel Is Policy

admin April 8, 2019 0 Comments

News is that Providence College, where I taught for 27 years, will be getting a new president in 2020. He won’t have troubles with money or buildings. For re-establishing the Catholic faith as the school’s foundation, and aim, and reason for existence, he will face, outside of the theology department, a nearly universal hostility from a faculty…