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Catholic Social Teaching and the Christian Responsibility to the Poor
Get PDFThis paper examines the development of the Catholic Church’s understanding of the Christian responsibility to people who are poor through papal and conciliar documents, Scripture, and the writings of patristic authors
Songs of courage and compassion: missionaries in occupied China during WWII
No full textIn April 1938, under the roaring Japanese bombers, hundreds of Chinese nationalist soldiers were singing patriotic army songs at Kaifeng railway station in Henan Province, China. This was the only way left for the wounded Chinese soldiers to show their gratitude to the approximately seventy missionaries from the U.S. and Europe, who were treating their wounded, burying their dead and caring for their weak. Among these international missionaries were six sisters from St. Benedict’s Convent of St. Joseph, Minnesota. From April to June 1938, the missionaries helped 50,000 to 55,000 wounded Chinese soldiers. After Kaifeng fell into the hands of the Japanese army in June 1938, these missionaries took 15,406 women and children into their refugee camps, hastily converted from convents or mission schools, to prevent tragedies like the Nanjing Massacre. Inside these temporary sanctuaries, hymns echoed in the sky of Kaifeng. In the winter of 1941, these missionaries became “enemy nationals” themselves and were put into concentration camps. From 1941 to 1945, over 2000 missionaries from north China were grouped into a concentration camp in Weixian town of Shandong Province. Here, every Mass and each hymn voiced their courage to survive occupation and their hope for the ending of the war. Among all the sounds of occupation, these international missionaries struck a unique tone that transcended the boundaries of personal welfare, political entanglements and nation states. This research project uses the missionaries’ correspondence, personal letters, memoirs, and oral histories to recreate the multifaceted sounds of occupation in different geographic and temporal contexts from the West to Beijing, Kaifeng, Weixian and then to Taiwan and Tokyo
Saint John’s maple syrup: the world’s best maple syrup
No full textSaint John’s has been making maple syrup since 1942. Arguably, it is the best in the world. This presentation describes the process by which we make maple syrup and the results of some of our research. In addition participants will have an opportunity to sample St. John’s syrup and learn how maple syrup is evaluated in contests such as the state fair. Several syrup samples will be available to taste and analyze
Cahuilla Nation activism and the tribal casino movement
No full textIn 1980, when the Cabazon Band first opened a small poker club on their Indian reservation in the isolated desert of California, they knew local authorities would challenge them. Cabazon persisted and ultimately won, defeating the State of California in a landmark case before the Supreme Court. By fighting for their right to operate a poker club, Cabazon opened up the possibility for native nations across the United States to open casinos on their own reservations, spurring the growth of what is now a $30 billion industry.This talk tells the bigger story of how the Cahuilla nations—including the Cabazon—have used self-reliance and determination to maintain their culture and independence against threats past and present. From California’s first governor’s “war of extermination” against native peoples through today’s legal and political challenges, this presentation shows that successful responses have depended on the Cahuilla’s ability to challenge non-natives’ assumptions and misconceptions
A Lucky Man
No full textJamel Brinkley is the 2018 Sister Mariella Gable Award-winning author of A Lucky Man (Graywolf Press/A Public Space Books). His fiction has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Best American Short Stories 2018, A Public Space, Ploughshares, Gulf Coast, The Threepenny Review, Glimmer Train, American Short Fiction, Epiphany, and LitMag. A graduate of the Iowa Writers\u27 Workshop, he was also the 2016,17 Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. His work has received support from Kimbilio Fiction, the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, the Napa Valley Writers\u27 Conference, the Tin House Summer Workshop, and the Bread Loaf Writers\u27 Conference. Beginning this fall, he will be a 2018-2020 Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University. (credit: Jamel Brinkley website
Does the Mere Presence of a Cell Phone Impair Task Performance?
Get PDFThe purpose of our study was to determine if the mere presence of a person’s cell phone serves as a distraction that impairs task performance, even if the person does not use it. In order to test this, we had two groups of participants complete several tasks that require attention and accurate memory in order to perform well. The tasks used were a card matching game (sometimes known as Concentration), a sequential memory game (Simon), and the n-back task. One group was instructed to put their cell phones away before they were presented with the tasks and the other group was told to put their cell phones on the table near them while performing the tasks because they would need them later. Both groups had their phones turned completely off during the tasks, however. Participants completed two trials with each task, and their average performance was calculated. We then compared the performance of the two groups to see if the presence of cell phones affected how quickly and accurately the participants were able to complete the tasks
Redeeming the Soul of America: The Challenge of King\u27s Vision to the Faith Community
No full textThe keynote speaker Fr. Bryan Massingale, S.T.D. presents at the Benedicta Arts Center at College of Saint Benedict.
Cosponsored by the following groups: Academic Affairs, CSB Campus Ministry, CSB President\u27s Office, CSB Student Development, CSB Sustainability Office, Cultural Affairs Board, Intercultural and International Student Services, Koch Chair in Catholic Thought and Culture, SJU Campus Ministry, SJU President\u27s Office, SJU Student Development, Student Activities and Leadership Development, Theology Departmen
Who is a Bennie? Who is a Johnie? An Analysis of Campus Inclusivity
Get PDFThe Hynes Scholars are a group of sophomore CSB students who spend a year engaged in learning and research related to gender and leadership. This year they are conducting research to understand how students and alumni conceptualize the “Bennie” and “Johnnie” identities and how to enhance inclusivity on the campuses of CSB/SJU
