In the North American Forum, John Slattery enlists our resistance to the inevitability of artificial intelligence in the humanities classroom and beyond. catholicethics.com/forum/my-cat...

Grateful to @heidischlumpf.bsky.social and @commonwealmagazine.org for this piece on the Holistic Impact Report. Too much ROI focus loses what is distinctive about Catholic education, its work fostering meaning, purpose, ethics, and community. www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-cat...

It's a sneak peak of our upcoming Season 3 of Beyond the Lecture podcast. Check out the whole series (link to YouTube but also available on Spotify). www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Nice to be quotes in this piece: "God’s love for people and God’s call to love others resonates especially with students who are looking for meaning in life while also experiencing a sense of loneliness."

Bringing to the foreground the philosophical debate about the unity of the virtues? Pretty interesting way to analyze AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o...

Honored to give the 2026 Bernadette O’Connor Lecture at UIW this week. The question: Does Catholic education make a difference? Yes! From national data and graduate stories: it shapes meaning, ethics, community, work, and even how students approach AI.

If you only focus on financial outcomes (which are real and important), you miss all the things colleges do for students, including those who don't come from the upper class.

My new op-ed just came out in the San Antonio Express-News: “Reconciliation begins where we serve together.” It's on Pope Leo XIV "On Love of the Poor", on how love can break down walls and brings people together. www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

The results of the second year of the Holistic Impact Report (HIR) are out! Graduates of Catholic colleges and universities come out ahead on meaningful lives, community engagement, and ethical decision making. www.stmarytx.edu/2025/hir-stu... #HIR2025 #CatholicEducation #HigherEd

The Lin Great Speakers Series this month features Sandra Yocum, Ph.D., on “Praying in the World Today.” Check out the commercial: youtu.be/87lMvIBbJ2o #LinSpeakersSeries #CatholicStudies

Fun to see this essay on my post about core theology and @massimofaggioli.bsky.social work on Catholic higher edu in the Vatican News in Vietnames. www.vaticannews.va/vi/church/ne...

I’m glad to share results from our national study of Catholic law school graduates. Compared to secular peers, they are more likely to practice law, to connect their work with their values, and to serve in civic leadership. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265991/...

Glad to see my new post in Church Life Journal. It goes with my reflections in America last month. Both are trying to think through the future of theology amidst the changes in Catholic higher education. churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the...

Just returned from a weekend with fellow Catholic ethicists from @ctewc.bsky.social. Had good conversations about the future of moral theology and how we can support one another in our global networks. Here's a photo of those of us from North America. #CTEWC #CatholicEthics #MoralTheology

I’ve been thinking a lot about where theology in a changing academic world. Here is a reflective piece in America Magazine drawing from the College Theology Society’s recent gathering. www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

Just wrapped filming a video for a new program with the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston’s Office of Family Life Ministry.

Just as Pope Leo XIV calls the Church to unity, his story is already raising tough questions—about family, division, and what binds us together. I offered a few reflections in this @ReligionNews article on the Pope and his brother. #PopeLeoXIV #ReligionAndPolitics religionnews.com/2025/05/23/c...

It's a good book if I do say so myself. Thanks @drrleong.bsky.social for the good work!

I think this makes doing theology in the broader public difficult. No matter what you say, it seems like you are advocating for one party or another. Instead of just talking about the gospel and its demands on our lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

As Pope Leo XIV begins his papacy, I reflect on what it means to lead with love in a divided world—and what kind of Church we’re called to become. Op-ed in the San Antonio Express-News: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm... #CatholicChurch #PopeLeoXIV #Hope #Unity #PublicTheology

Dr. Amanda Baugh’s lecture on la tierra environmentalism looked at how Spanish-speaking U.S. Catholics practice ecological care through everyday habits like gardening, reuse, and sharing, and how it is often overlooked. Check out the video: mediaspace.stmarytx.edu/.../1_b6lbi9...

The San Antonio Express-News just published my reflection on Pope Francis’s legacy: Love, not power, is what holds everything together. #PopeFrancis #CatholicChurch #LoveHoldsUsTogether

Next Wednesday, come see Dr. Amanda Baugh's lecture on environmental justice. Her work challenges us to rethink what creation care looks like in diverse Catholic communities. Details: www.stmarytx.edu/academics/ce... #CatholicStudies #EnvironmentalEthics #LatinxTheology #StMarysU

Come hear Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett speak at the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Mary's University!

Excited to share my latest in Church Life Journal! A classroom discussion on the liberal arts led to a surprising question: Why do military academies rank as the "best" while Catholic colleges are missing? The answer lies in what we choose to value. churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/why...

Working on my book about Catholic higher education. Turns out research suggests that cuts—tuition, programs, core, faculty— don't save colleges. They may give a short-term boost but often make things worse long-term. Cuts frame education economically and make the college look like a discount store.

St. Mary's University's Center for Catholic Studies spring lecture series starts up next Tuesday. Jonathan Tran will be speaking on the need for and the current challenges to community.

Signed the contract for my next book "The Soul of Catholic Higher Education". I've been thinking about this for awhile, and my HIR study on the positive outcomes of Catholic higher education was the final piece. Manuscript due in Sept. Should have more data on Catholic colleges by then too.

In my attempt to post things that are not "look how terrible this is," here is an article listing 2,000 scripture versus that call Christians to care for justice and the poor.

Should we worry that relationships and community are becoming a luxury item?

The attitude I want when I receive Reviewer 2's comments.

It is a bad news article but it does note that "What no one much doubts is that people with nimble brains find it rather easier to swerve life’s worst misfortunes, and are more likely to enjoy the best outcomes." Some support for good education.

If you missed it, the deadline for proposals for the College Theology Society's meeting at Dayton in June is _Sunday_ - come join us, and tell your friends to join us, as we talk about "The Locus of the Theological Vocation"! collegetheologysociety10.wildapricot.org/Call-for-Pap...

I miss old Twitter. Like so many tech companies, it now tells you to conform to the machine/algorithm rather than figuring out how the machine/algorithm can help you.

Higher education is changing, but the responses to the change too often make it worse.

Sometimes saying get off your phones or social media is elitist. You have to have a certain status to be free to ignore what's going on around you. (It is also true that I need to put my phone down more.)

I moved across the country last year. Moving here to @bsky.app is a lot easier. Happy to be in the new neighborhood.