How to Be...Attentive, Reflective, & Loving | Sam & Emily Schelble

How to Be...Attentive, Reflective, & Loving | Sam & Emily Schelble

In this GodPods series episode of How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving, Dean Elizabeth Shlala speaks with Boston College 2021 graduates and newly married couple, Sam and Emily Schelble about their journeys of faith, discernment, marriage, and more since their time at Boston College. Emily is currently a life sciences & healthcare consultant at Deloitte and Sam is currently a theology teacher at Arrupe Jesuit High School in Denver, CO.

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How to Be...Attentive, Reflective, & Loving | Dennis Wieboldt

How to Be...Attentive, Reflective, & Loving | Dennis Wieboldt

In this GodPods series episode of How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving, Dean Elizabeth Shlala speaks with recent Boston College graduate Dennis Wieboldt '22, M.A. '23 about the most formative aspects of his time at Boston College. Dennis is currently a J.D./Ph.D. student in history at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a Richard and Peggy Notebaert Premier Fellow at the Graduate School and Edward J. Murphy Fellow at the Law School.

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How to Be...Attentive, Reflective, & Loving | Kyle Sutton

How to Be...Attentive, Reflective, & Loving | Kyle Sutton

In the first episode of this new GodPods series, How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving, Dean Elizabeth Shlala speaks with recent BC grad, and featured article contributor, Kyle Sutton '24. Kyle shared insights and advice on his experiences in and formation through Jesuit education. The How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving series is inspired by the C21 Center's 2024 issue of C21 Resources, Liberal Arts Education: Its Impact and Value.

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Parish Life Today | A Good Morning Faith Feeds with Dan Cellucci

Parish Life Today | A Good Morning Faith Feeds with Dan Cellucci

Listen to our Good Morning Faith Feeds conversation on the theme of Parish Life Today with guest speaker and C21 friend Dan Cellucci, CEO of Catholic Leadership Institute. In this Faith Feeds, Dan shared an update on the national Catholic parish landscape, some challenges for parishes ahead, and what is working for parishes now.

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Journeying in Faith Amid Polarization | Brian Robinette & Fr. Ken Himes

Journeying in Faith Amid Polarization | Brian Robinette & Fr. Ken Himes

What is the role of the Church in the age of polarization? What resources can our Catholic faith offer to heal fierce partisanship of our times? How might the sacramental imagination and wisdom of Catholic Social Teaching transform the "us" vs. "them" mentality that holds so many in its grip? Join us for a conversation with the guest editor, Brian Robinette, Associate Professor of Theology at Boston College, and Fr. Ken Himes, O.F.M., Professor Emeritus of Theology at Boston College and one of the featured authors in this issue.

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From Boston to Peru | A conversation with Sister Carlotta Gilarde

From Boston to Peru | A conversation with Sister Carlotta Gilarde

In this episode, we talk with Sr. Carlotta Gilarde, a Sister of St. Joseph. Sr. Carlotta joined the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1954, and as we’ll learn in this episode she has since served from Boston to Peru.

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Refugees and Migrants: Paradoxes in the Age of Covid-19

Refugees and Migrants: Paradoxes in the Age of Covid-19

On November 17, 2020, Cardinal Czerny discussed with panelists his work with Pope Francis on issues surrounding refugees and migration around the world, particularly in the age of COVID-19.

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Peter Folan feature

Searching for the Silver Lining

2020 has been an incredibly challenging year. Even amid these moments of change, disruption, and tragedy, we have an obligation to find perspective and search for the silver lining. This is critical if we are to guide our the generation to do the same.

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Finding God in Grandparents

Finding God in Grandparents

Karen Kiefer, Director for the Church in the 21st Century Center speaks with Catherine Wiley, (Founder of the Catholic Grandparents Association), and Marilyn Henry about grandparents. Catherine and Marilyn highlight how and why grandparents are the true bearers of the faith. 

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Social Justice Through Art: Inspired by Faith, Committed to Action

Social Justice Through Art: Inspired by Faith, Committed to Action

This conversation was recorded in partnership with the Roche Center for Catholic Education to celebrate the Angels Unawares sculpture at Boston College, during the month of November 2020. It features insights from Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz whose commissioned sculpture was originally installed in St. Peter's Square in Rome on September 29, 2019 – for 105th World Day of Refugees and Migrants.

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Finding God in Beauty with Jacob Wolfe

Finding God in Beauty with Jacob Wolfe

In this episode of GodPods we’ll be talking about finding God in beauty. Have you ever spent time looking at the art that exists within a Catholic church? The statues, paintings, patterns, etchings, stained glass—even the organ is a masterpiece to behold.

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M. Shawn Copleand

Enfleshing the Freedom of Black Lives: Resistance, Solidarity and Hope

Professor Emerita M. Shawn Copleand and Nathan Wood-House, ABD, discuss signs of our times concerning police violence and movements to secure the dignity of Black lives in light of the development of race and racism inside chattel slavery in the United States as well as insights from Black churches and theologies.

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