by Gabrielle Huff | Aug 12, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
2025 Summer Reading RecommendationsOn the Dignity of Society by F. Russell Hittinger Is the history of philosophy full of philosophers rejecting past philosophers? Broadly, this may be true, but critical theorists of the past two centuries have a remarkably consistent...
by Gabrielle Huff | Aug 8, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
In early August, the trees still sway in the wind. Flowers still bloom. The season is ripe. And yet, early August can get hot. Really hot. There’s a saying that you can’t give what you don’t have. The heat certainly affects one’s outlook, one’s demeanor, one’s entire...
by Gabrielle Huff | Aug 5, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
2025 Summer Reading RecommendationsOlav Audunssøn by Sigrid Undset Love is as strong as death, as relentless as the underworld (cf. Song 8:6). Amid the stone and ice of medieval Norway, there can be found a great love story worthy of the epics of old. In Olav...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jul 10, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
There’s nothing like a good fish tale. Man grappling with nature. The allure of the vast ocean. The earnest exaggerations of a man with skin sunburnt and leathered by time. And this summer one of our era’s biggest and boldest fish tales turns 50. Steven Spielberg’s...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jul 4, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
We call Saint Thomas the “Angelic Doctor” for his spiritual wisdom and superhuman self-control. His teaching reaches to the very heights of heavenly contemplation. Even so, this spiritual man thinks you should sing “God Bless America,” launch a barrage of fireworks,...
by Gabrielle Huff | Jun 26, 2025 | Dominicana Journal
We have recently celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi, and the beautiful hymns Adoro Te Devote and Pange Lingua still play in my memory. Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote these hymns, and through his concise yet graceful poetry we can glimpse his deep devotion to the...
