The Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations hosted a lecture on Nov. 6 in Doyle Banquet Hall North about how the Bible was used to sanction slavery. Paul Finkelman, Ph.D., spoke to the audience about...

Working group on St. Joe’s ties to slavery inactive for two years It has been two years since an informal task force on St. Joe’s and its connections to Jesuit slaveholding last met, and there have...

‘Black Catholics’ course reveals great need for discourse Time is running out for African-American Catholicism, a popular course in the department of sociology, taught by Tia Pratt, Ph.D., a visiting...

Universities continue to acknowledge their connections to slavery When Columbia University launched a website in late January detailing its history with slavery, it joined a growing number of universities...

St. Joe’s hosts panel on Jesuit slaveholding A panel held on Oct. 18 titled, “Living with the Sins of the Past: Perspectives of Jesuit Slaveholding,” discussed Maryland Province Jesuits’ public...