Much has been said about the literally and figuratively towering Wm. Theodore de Bary, a National Humanities Medal recipient who was still a devoted Columbia professor in his ninth decade when he passed away this summer. Now, Columbia Catholic Ministry will speak to a most sacred and formative aspect of the devout Catholic's life in […]
Few topics are more pervasive in America today than religious liberty. The history of our nation is intrinsically linked to it, and yet 230 years after the Constitution, the hotbed […]
Please join Columbia Catholic Ministry for this year's Thomas Merton Lecture by Astronaut Mike Massimino, with special guest Timothy Cardinal Dolan providing a blessing. The Thomas Merton Lecture Series was established in the fall of 1978 by Columbia Catholic Ministry to honor Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O., the author of the bestselling “The Seven Storey Mountain” and […]
You're invited to Columbia Catholic Ministry's 42nd annual Merton Lecture! "The Fellowship of the Word" will be delivered by Roisin Carty -- dialect coach from such films as Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Wonder Woman, and Spectre -- and explore the differences between the written and spoken word, highlighting Thomas Merton's love of language. […]