Greg Hillis
@gregorykhillis.bsky.social
Executive Director of the Aquinas Center at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology; Author of MAN OF DIALOGUE: THOMAS MERTON’S CATHOLIC VISION (http://amzn.to/34jcXzR); Blue Jays superfan; Opinions mine
Prior to reading Pope Francis' "C'est la confiance," his recently published Apostolic Exhortation on St Thérèse of Lisieux, I was not aware of what Pope Benedict XVI said about how theologians should emulate her. Beautiful and convicting: www.vatican.va/content/bene...
October 17, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Prior to reading Pope Francis' "C'est la confiance," his recently published Apostolic Exhortation on St Thérèse of Lisieux, I was not aware of what Pope Benedict XVI said about how theologians should emulate her. Beautiful and convicting: www.vatican.va/content/bene...
On this feast of St John Henry Newman, here's something I wrote for America magazine about being present in St. Peter's Square for his canonization www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/1...
A convert’s journey with St. John Henry Newman
Like Newman, I am a convert to Roman Catholicism, but it is the way Newman converted that is most important to me.
www.americamagazine.org
October 9, 2023 at 11:51 AM
On this feast of St John Henry Newman, here's something I wrote for America magazine about being present in St. Peter's Square for his canonization www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/1...
ICYMI: My piece on how Thomas Merton’s autobiography, THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN, got me through a vocational crisis 25 years ago (and how I ended up with a tattoo of a Merton drawing) www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...
Remembering Thomas Merton—and his book that changed my life
'The Seven Storey Mountain,' a book whose 75th anniversary is celebrated this month, is widely considered a spiritual classic, and it continues to find new readers every year.
www.americamagazine.org
October 8, 2023 at 1:54 PM
ICYMI: My piece on how Thomas Merton’s autobiography, THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN, got me through a vocational crisis 25 years ago (and how I ended up with a tattoo of a Merton drawing) www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...
Thomas Merton's autobiography, THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN, was published 75 years ago this week. I wrote about the impact the book had on me years ago when, as a young man, I was in the throes of a crisis of vocation (I also discuss my Merton tattoo 😳) www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...
Remembering Thomas Merton—and his book that changed my life
'The Seven Storey Mountain,' a book whose 75th anniversary is celebrated this month, is widely considered a spiritual classic, and it continues to find new readers every year.
www.americamagazine.org
October 6, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Thomas Merton's autobiography, THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN, was published 75 years ago this week. I wrote about the impact the book had on me years ago when, as a young man, I was in the throes of a crisis of vocation (I also discuss my Merton tattoo 😳) www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...
Not sure how much I'm going to use this site. If you want to stay connected, I'm on instagram and even tiktok (@gregorykhillis on both). You can also find me on facebook.
September 22, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Not sure how much I'm going to use this site. If you want to stay connected, I'm on instagram and even tiktok (@gregorykhillis on both). You can also find me on facebook.