Steven Gnocchi
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Lego enthusiast. Curling fan. C-list theologian.
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Concluding paragraph btw. lol.
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Concluding paragraph btw. lol.
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I could probably do this every time he invokes Balthasar and I probably should not keep doing it. Purely for sanity. But he cited Balthasar and Communio so I thought I’d go find Balthasar’s “Communio—A Program,” which says the opposite thing. How interesting!
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I could probably do this every time he invokes Balthasar and I probably should not keep doing it. Purely for sanity. But he cited Balthasar and Communio so I thought I’d go find Balthasar’s “Communio—A Program,” which says the opposite thing. How interesting!
Working on a reading plan on Cardinal Newman for the year. Idea is to work through the Ker biography alongside the following:
* Fifteen Sermons (spring)
* Essay on Development of Doctrine (spring/summer)
* Idea of a University (summer)
* Apologia (fall)
* Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (fall)
* Fifteen Sermons (spring)
* Essay on Development of Doctrine (spring/summer)
* Idea of a University (summer)
* Apologia (fall)
* Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (fall)
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Working on a reading plan on Cardinal Newman for the year. Idea is to work through the Ker biography alongside the following:
* Fifteen Sermons (spring)
* Essay on Development of Doctrine (spring/summer)
* Idea of a University (summer)
* Apologia (fall)
* Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (fall)
* Fifteen Sermons (spring)
* Essay on Development of Doctrine (spring/summer)
* Idea of a University (summer)
* Apologia (fall)
* Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (fall)
"But a stupid man will get understanding,
when a wild donkey's colt is born a man."
Job 11:12
when a wild donkey's colt is born a man."
Job 11:12
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"But a stupid man will get understanding,
when a wild donkey's colt is born a man."
Job 11:12
when a wild donkey's colt is born a man."
Job 11:12
This is me after my daughter’s Christmas haul
December 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is me after my daughter’s Christmas haul
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Complete side note but anybody can be a saint. Let’s talk about saints: don’t boss God around about who he’s allowed to sanctify. That’s up to him. He’s working on making even you holy (absolutely anybody reading this).
December 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Complete side note but anybody can be a saint. Let’s talk about saints: don’t boss God around about who he’s allowed to sanctify. That’s up to him. He’s working on making even you holy (absolutely anybody reading this).
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Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope
My SIL’s partner got me a train whistle for Christmas and it might be the best Christmas gift I’ve gotten since the Lego train I got when I was 5
December 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My SIL’s partner got me a train whistle for Christmas and it might be the best Christmas gift I’ve gotten since the Lego train I got when I was 5
Re: one of the discourses, I too love beautiful churches.
But I also went to mass yesterday in the overflow group in a K-8 gym and it was a wonderful service and Christ was present. So…
But I also went to mass yesterday in the overflow group in a K-8 gym and it was a wonderful service and Christ was present. So…
December 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Re: one of the discourses, I too love beautiful churches.
But I also went to mass yesterday in the overflow group in a K-8 gym and it was a wonderful service and Christ was present. So…
But I also went to mass yesterday in the overflow group in a K-8 gym and it was a wonderful service and Christ was present. So…
It’s “no cheeses for us meeces” season
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It’s “no cheeses for us meeces” season
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This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
Fall 2025 is over, grades are in, so time for some thoughts on the artificial intelligence and theology course I taught this semester
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Boom, Doom, or Draw
A Post Mortem on my AI and Theology Course
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December 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Fall 2025 is over, grades are in, so time for some thoughts on the artificial intelligence and theology course I taught this semester
stephenokey.substack.com/p/boom-doom-...
stephenokey.substack.com/p/boom-doom-...
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And now for something completely different
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
And now for something completely different
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I will be on Lehrer tomorrow at 11:10 discussing new Archbishop of New York: www.wnyc.org/shows/bl?fbc...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I will be on Lehrer tomorrow at 11:10 discussing new Archbishop of New York: www.wnyc.org/shows/bl?fbc...
When a student who has not put any apparent effort into a course asks at the end of semester if they can do anything to raise their grade, I sometimes say "build a time machine"
Kid who has barely turned in any work this semester and sleeps through every class has a failing grade. He came up to me yesterday, three days before report cards come out, and says “Sir, my Mom says I have to have at least a B.”
I straight up did the Spider-Man line.
I straight up did the Spider-Man line.
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
When a student who has not put any apparent effort into a course asks at the end of semester if they can do anything to raise their grade, I sometimes say "build a time machine"
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It's not about the Gaston *character*, it's the fictional movie that inspired the Gaston toy.
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's not about the Gaston *character*, it's the fictional movie that inspired the Gaston toy.
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Every year this makes me laugh. Truly one of the masterpieces of posting.
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Every year this makes me laugh. Truly one of the masterpieces of posting.
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Look man, I want to live in a society where even if you don’t hold virtue in your heart, society is constructed in such a way that pretending you’re virtuous is coterminous with getting ahead, and demonstrating that you lack it leaves you behind. That’s better than where we are.
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Look man, I want to live in a society where even if you don’t hold virtue in your heart, society is constructed in such a way that pretending you’re virtuous is coterminous with getting ahead, and demonstrating that you lack it leaves you behind. That’s better than where we are.
Today, the last day of the AI and theology course, we got into an unexpectedly great discussion of CST, solidarity, and Instagram. Top 5 discussion from that class for me.
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today, the last day of the AI and theology course, we got into an unexpectedly great discussion of CST, solidarity, and Instagram. Top 5 discussion from that class for me.
Whenever I want to annoy my students into thinking, I pull a @catholickungfu.bsky.social and ask them "but what is x?" Most recently, it was "but what is prayer?"
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Whenever I want to annoy my students into thinking, I pull a @catholickungfu.bsky.social and ask them "but what is x?" Most recently, it was "but what is prayer?"
Last night I gave this reflection, on the Rich Official and Simeon in Luke, for the Advent mission at Saint Leo Abbey
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Waiting in the Spirit
An Advent Reflection on Simeon and the Rich Official
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December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Last night I gave this reflection, on the Rich Official and Simeon in Luke, for the Advent mission at Saint Leo Abbey
stephenokey.substack.com/p/waiting-in...
stephenokey.substack.com/p/waiting-in...
The line that I keep going back to, probably at least once a week, from the movie is "too many notes." This is usually my feedback on my writing, and I would give it as feedback to students if I thought they would get it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The line that I keep going back to, probably at least once a week, from the movie is "too many notes." This is usually my feedback on my writing, and I would give it as feedback to students if I thought they would get it.
I don't think this was necessary but I'll probably still watch it
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December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I don't think this was necessary but I'll probably still watch it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8H...
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Thanks to the generosity of so many of you over the last two years, we've raised enough money to start giving small scholarships to doctoral students.
I plan to keep fundraising until the small scholarship become large, and I'm grateful for any contributions you can make towards that!
I plan to keep fundraising until the small scholarship become large, and I'm grateful for any contributions you can make towards that!
Doctorate in Theology Endowed Student Scholarship - Saint Leo University
With the launch of the doctoral program in 2023, a new School of Theology emerged at Saint Leo University. Not only have we experienced a growing number of students enrolling in the bachelor’s and mas...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thanks to the generosity of so many of you over the last two years, we've raised enough money to start giving small scholarships to doctoral students.
I plan to keep fundraising until the small scholarship become large, and I'm grateful for any contributions you can make towards that!
I plan to keep fundraising until the small scholarship become large, and I'm grateful for any contributions you can make towards that!