Xavier M. Montecel
@xaviermontecel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Mary’s University in Texas. Catholic ethics. Sacramental things. My husband keeps the dogs alive. I handle the tropical fish. 🐠
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Congratulations to Professor Mark Massa, SJ, the Director of BC's Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life, on the publication of his new book 'Catholic Fundamentalism in America' (Oxford University Press)
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February 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Congratulations to Professor Mark Massa, SJ, the Director of BC's Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life, on the publication of his new book 'Catholic Fundamentalism in America' (Oxford University Press)
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The writers & editors at @commonweal.bsky.social are rising to meet this moment of democratic crisis in the United States with strong like this one by Terrence Sweeney: forthright, critical, and clear without equivocation. Please follow and support this work!
Will the Bishops Stand Up to Trump?
Now is the time for the bishops and Catholic laity to prepare for effective resistance to Trump's immigration crackdown.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The writers & editors at @commonweal.bsky.social are rising to meet this moment of democratic crisis in the United States with strong like this one by Terrence Sweeney: forthright, critical, and clear without equivocation. Please follow and support this work!
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“They [students] are not anonymous members of a group. They are protagonists in a journey of learning in which professors play the role of stewards and companions rather than enforcers and guards.”
churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/we-...
churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/we-...
We Stopped Using Grades and You Should Too: A Catholic Manifesto for Ungrading
Rovati and Heron on teaching.
churchlifejournal.nd.edu
January 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“They [students] are not anonymous members of a group. They are protagonists in a journey of learning in which professors play the role of stewards and companions rather than enforcers and guards.”
churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/we-...
churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/we-...
A concentration camp. It’s like watching a horrifying script play out.
Breaking News: President Trump said his administration would prepare to hold tens of thousands of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay.
Trump Says U.S. Will Hold Migrants at Guantánamo
The president suggested 30,000 migrants could be housed on the base. It is unclear how the plan will take shape.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A concentration camp. It’s like watching a horrifying script play out.
“We are a people of resurrection faith, and though fear may darken the days ahead, we stand rooted in the promise that light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. Our churches are called to be sanctuaries-places of refuge, accompaniment, and courage.”
A letter from the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.
“I never thought I would live in a time when the United States government would censure a bishop, jeopardize religious free speech, or threaten to take people while they attend worship.” ⚓️
“I never thought I would live in a time when the United States government would censure a bishop, jeopardize religious free speech, or threaten to take people while they attend worship.” ⚓️
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
“We are a people of resurrection faith, and though fear may darken the days ahead, we stand rooted in the promise that light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. Our churches are called to be sanctuaries-places of refuge, accompaniment, and courage.”
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Come, Lord Jesus.
"He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.
He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.
The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty."
May we enact the Good News.
"He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.
He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.
The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty."
May we enact the Good News.
January 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Come, Lord Jesus.
"He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.
He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.
The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty."
May we enact the Good News.
"He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart.
He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.
The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty."
May we enact the Good News.
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In Vol. 14, no. 1, Nicholas Hayes-Mota reviews David Chiwon Kwon's "Justice After War: Jus Post Bellum in the 21st Century."
jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/1279...
jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/1279...
Review of David Chiwon Kwon, Justice After War: Jus Post Bellum in the 21st Century | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Nicholas Hayes-Mota. Review of David Chiwon Kwon, Justice After War: Jus Post Bellum in the 21st Century
jmt.scholasticahq.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In Vol. 14, no. 1, Nicholas Hayes-Mota reviews David Chiwon Kwon's "Justice After War: Jus Post Bellum in the 21st Century."
jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/1279...
jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/1279...
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An interesting thing about the Christianity currently providing ideological support for the GOP and the fictional Christianities found in Butler’s Parable series and Atwood’s Handmaid‘s Tale series is that Christ is conspicuously missing from all of them.
January 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
An interesting thing about the Christianity currently providing ideological support for the GOP and the fictional Christianities found in Butler’s Parable series and Atwood’s Handmaid‘s Tale series is that Christ is conspicuously missing from all of them.
This is extremely helpful re: the USCCB and in general on how money moves through the institutional church.
In light of JD Vance opposing the US Church’s works of mercy, here’s an explainer on the USCCB’s budget (from The Pillar in 2021)
www.pillarcatholic.com/p/how-the-us...
www.pillarcatholic.com/p/how-the-us...
How the USCCB gets its money - and where it goes
Analysis
www.pillarcatholic.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is extremely helpful re: the USCCB and in general on how money moves through the institutional church.
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Happy DEI Sunday!
January 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy DEI Sunday!
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Vance, a ‘traditionalist’ Catholic, actually suggests the bishops only help out immigrants for the financial upside.
#JDVance #Catholic #immigration
www.ncronline.org/news/vice-pr...
#JDVance #Catholic #immigration
www.ncronline.org/news/vice-pr...
Vice President Vance criticizes US bishops over immigration
The vice president, a practicing Catholic, suggested the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' criticism of Trump administration immigration policies was not rooted in pastoral concerns but instead mot...
www.ncronline.org
January 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Vance, a ‘traditionalist’ Catholic, actually suggests the bishops only help out immigrants for the financial upside.
#JDVance #Catholic #immigration
www.ncronline.org/news/vice-pr...
#JDVance #Catholic #immigration
www.ncronline.org/news/vice-pr...
Or, why teaching natural law theory properly matters.
January 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Or, why teaching natural law theory properly matters.
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What did Gregory of Nyssa do?!??
January 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What did Gregory of Nyssa do?!??
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From the US Conference of Catholic Bishops: “Human Dignity is Not Dependent on a Person's Citizenship or Immigration Status”
www.usccb.org/news/2025/hu...
www.usccb.org/news/2025/hu...
“Human Dignity is Not Dependent on a Person's Citizenship or Immigration Status”
Bishop Mark J. Seitz (USCCB), Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM (CHA), and Kerry Alys Robinson (CCUSA) have issued a statement in response to action taken by the Trump Ad...
www.usccb.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
From the US Conference of Catholic Bishops: “Human Dignity is Not Dependent on a Person's Citizenship or Immigration Status”
www.usccb.org/news/2025/hu...
www.usccb.org/news/2025/hu...