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The Sisters of the Visitation Monastery behind foliage, hidden from the bustle of City Avenue. PHOTO: PAUL HENSON ’25/THE HAWK

Cloistered nuns leave monastery, St. Joe’s buys property

Ally Engelbert September 27, 2023

Moving out of the Sisters of the Visitation Monastery of Philadelphia was a faith-filled experience as well as a painful goodbye for Sister Catherine Therese, VHM. “It was more than just a building,”...

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNA KALAFATIS 22

“Are you there?”: A student’s quest to find God

Anna Kalafatis January 26, 2022

I walked into Wolfington Hall one afternoon just before Thanksgiving break last semester and found Nancy Horowitz-Patton, Campus Ministry administrative assistant, sitting at the front desk. “I’m...

When God has no answers

Leslie Quan October 5, 2021

How acceptance is found from within During my first year of college, I experienced a philosophical awakening. I wondered how I could practice gratitude more often and how I could develop a deeper sense...

Texas’ Heartbeat Act

Texas’ Heartbeat Act

Eddie Daou September 14, 2021

What is Texas’ new abortion law? A controversial new law in Texas banning most abortions after six weeks went into effect on Sept. 1. The Texas Heartbeat Act, S.B. 8, bans abortions once any cardiac...

Daniel Joyce 88, S.J., executive director of Mission Programs, celebrates mass on Easter via Zoom. PHOTO: RYAN MULLIGAN 21/THE HAWK

Celebrating a Holy Week virtually

Ryan Mulligan April 13, 2020

In. Dan Joyce’s, S.J., homily to the St. Joe’s community during Easter Mass, he quoted from Cris Williamson’s “Song of the Soul,” specifically the lines “I am dancing, dancing along in the...

Fostering an open discussion

Fostering an open discussion

The Hawk Staff February 4, 2020

Potential for acceptance through interfaith dialogue St. Joe’s has hosted and is set to host various conversations surrounding interfaith dialogue this semester. On Jan. 23, St. Joe’s held SJU Prays:...

Members of the Agape Christian Fellowship sing comtemporary Christian music during their weekly meeting in the President’s Lounge in the Campion Student Center.
PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Students participate in club to explore faith on campus

Allison Kite January 21, 2020

Every Thursday night at 8 p.m., students of various Christian faiths gather together in the President’s Lounge of the Campion Student Center for Agape Christian Fellowship. No one’s really in a...

Letter to the Editor: Religious intolerance contradicts mission

Letter to the Editor: Religious intolerance contradicts mission

Philip Cunningham and Adam Gregerman December 10, 2019

To the Editor, The Dec. 4 issue of The Hawk reported on yet another incident of a member of the St. Joe’s community being verbally demeaned, this time apparently because of religious caricature and...

Letter to the Editor: Interreligious dialogue is necessary

Letter to the Editor: Interreligious dialogue is necessary

Campus Ministry December 10, 2019

To the Editor, The St. Joe’s Campus Ministry staff is grateful for The Hawk Newspaper’s Dec. 4 editorial responding to religious bias. Campus Ministry desires to be an ally to students who face religious...

Bill Rickle, S.J., said the Mass in the smaller chapel within the Chapel of St. Joseph. PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

First Spanish mass held on campus

Emily Graham December 3, 2019

Este artículo es disponible en español aquí. The first Spanish Mass on campus was held in the Chapel of St. Joseph on Nov. 24. The Mass, attended by approximately 25 people, was proposed by Juan Camilo...

Responding to religious bias

Responding to religious bias

The Hawk Staff December 3, 2019

The need for religious tolerance at a Jesuit institution Education seems to be the knee-jerk reaction people have when asked how racism, sexism, religious discrimination or homophobia can be addressed....

From left to right: Ann Green, Ph.D., professor of English, Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marie Howe. PHOTO: The Hawk

Poets link Catholicism to poetry

Pádraig Ó Tuama, theologian and poet, and Marie Howe, the 2012 State Poet for New York, held a poetry reading in honor of those who are marginalized by the Catholic Church on Oct. 29 in the Cardinal...

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