The Theology of Will Eisner

By Jim McDermott | July 30, 2024

Cartoonist and writer Will Eisner explored the beauty and drama of everyday life through the neighborhoods and people of New York City.

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Reclaiming the Mother’s Legacy

By Rebecca Stark-Gendrano | July 9, 2024

An advice book popular in the seventeenth-century reveals the posthumous tension between a female author and a religious authority.

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The Saint of Times Square

By Jim McDermott | June 14, 2024

For nearly ninety years, a statue of a Catholic priest and military chaplain has watched over New York’s most chaotic commercial hub.

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Sr. Helen Prejean to Fordham Graduates: “I have nothing for you but fire.”

By David Gibson | June 6, 2024

The Catholic nun, author of “Dead Man Walking,” and activist against capital punishment: “I invite you to do civic discourse—not name-calling and demeaning and argument.”

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