Lumen Mag_Fall Winter 2022

St. Thomas Lumen FALL/WINTER 2022

Published by the University of St. Thomas Center for Catholic Studies 55-S

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catholicstudies@stthomas.edu stthomas.edu/catholicstudies Catholic Studies Communications Karen Laird Associate Director, Center for Catholic Studies Editor Brant Skogrand ’04 MBC, APR, CPPM Art Director John Mau Photographers Mark Brown Liam James Doyle Azure Getzel ‘25 University Archives

News/Did You Know? ..................4 Chivalry Is Not Dead ....................5 Exploring the Identity of a Catholic University........................6 Friendship. ....................................8 A Simple Priest With a Big Dream....................................10 Mathematics and Faith...............14 Bringing God-given Gifts to the Marketplace..........................16 Summer Conference Recap........18 Alumni Notes and News.............20 Transformed Into Light...............22 Andre Dubus’s Short Fiction.......24 Catholic Studies 30th Anniverary...................................26

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Contributors John F. Boyle Nathan Kilpatrick

Heather LeClair ‘21 Michael J. Naughton Susanna Bolle Parent ’13 Michelle Rash ‘16, ‘24 CSMA Eva Sundheim ‘23 Kathryn Wehr Joan Wieland ‘20, ‘22 CSMA

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Student Assistant Madison Liebl ‘23 On the cover “Nothing but you, Lord” A photo of the St. Thomas Aquinas icon commissioned by Campus Ministries and written by artist and iconographer Nicholas Markell ‘84.

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