A Catholic Bishop Comes to Hope College
VIDEO AVAILABLE: His Excellency David Walkowiak, Bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids, visited Hope College on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, for an informal question and answer session.
March for Life: Becoming Missionary Disciples
Every year on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, hundreds of thousands of people come to Washington, D.C. to peacefully protest against abortion and to bear witness to the dignity of every human life. The Saint Benedict Forum is proud to be bringing its first group of students to the March this year.
"Mary is a Christian Thing": Director Jared Ortiz Speaks on Mary to Protestant Students
On December 15, Dr. Jared Ortiz spoke to 800 students at Holland Christian High School about the meaning of Mary and how she can help us prepare to receive Christ at Christmas. Watch the video.
Brad Gregory Discusses the Unintended Consequences of the Reformation
"Mind-blowing." That is how one student described Brad Gregory's talk on "The Reformation Era and the Making of Modernity," delivered last Wednesday, October 15, 2015, as part of Grand Rapids Notre Dame Alumni Club Hesburgh Lecture, and co-sponsored by Aquinas College's Catholic Studies Program and the Saint Benedict Forum.
Being Transformed by the True, the Good, and the Beautiful: Joseph Pearce Speaks to Hope
Video Now Available: ...this was not the speech of a man who is merely academically interested in literary analysis, but was that of someone who has personally experienced divine grace firsthand.
Fr. Damian Ference Preaches a Lenten Mission
Fr. Damian Ference, a popular speaker and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Borromeo College Seminary in Cleveland, OH, preached to a packed chapel and led a Lenten retreat with adoration and confession.
In Their Own Words: Immersion Trip 2014
Thirteen Hope College students spent Spring Break 2014 serving the poor with the Franciscan of the Eucharist at the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels in Chicago. Here are some of their reflections...
Radio Interview about the Saint Benedict Forum
Dr. Jared Ortiz, co-founder and director of the Saint Benedict Forum, recently spoke about the Saint Benedict Forum and what it means to be Catholic at Hope College on Holy Family Radio's Faith & Reason show with Dr. John Pinheiro.