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In the past, witches were feared. Now they are celebrated. - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennesson

Michaels: Free to be a witch

Sylent Lee Michaels October 25, 2023

Witch hunts, burning, stoning, torment, and fear have surrounded the idea of witchcraft since as far back as the 1300s. In a world where history is common to repeat itself, it comes as a large shock in...

Members of New Life Ministry work on their Prayer Vision Boards. - Intern / Bryant Lopez

New Life Ministry applies Christian spin to TikTok trend

Bryant Lopez January 25, 2023

On Monday, Jan. 23, New Life Ministry held a prayer vision board meeting at Discovery Hall in Room 215. New Life Ministry provided supplies for students to make their own prayer vision boards, which outline...

The 2018 Catholic Campus Ministry Advent wreath lighting recognized and celebrated the Catholic season of Advent. During this time, Catholics celebrate and ready for what they believe will be the coming of the Messiah. - Staff Writer / Christa Ouellette

Quellete: The Season of Advent Recognizes a Catholic’s Preparation for Christmas

Christa Ouellette November 18, 2020

Every year, many families anticipate the coming of Christmas with Advent calendars filled with chocolates or small presents and decorating their houses with stringed lights. American-Catholic families...

The Whit Staff Writer Joanna Flynn describes how political polarization has affected her and how she is using her Christian beliefs to navigate that. - Image via pixabay

Flynn: How Christianity Helps Navigate Political Polarization

Joanna Flynn November 11, 2020

I know this isn’t staying. I know this will pass.But right now, I feel like I’m stepping on glass.I’ve been trying to tiptoe, to play both sides,And man, has it been one hell of a ride?I have one...

Newman House Catholic Campus Ministry offers community for Catholic Profs. Christa Ouellette, who is involved with the Catholic Campus Ministry, describes how various Christian values have impacted her values and life as a Christian Prof. - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Quellette: How Christian Views on Random Kindness Can Make a Difference

Christa Ouellette October 28, 2020

When the world feels like it’s swallowing you up or you’re at odds with everything and everyone, where is peace? What happens when you cannot find it within yourself or around you? We must learn...

Joanna Flynn describes an experience in a Rowan class when her Christian values were in conflict with a given assignment. Her response to this moral conflict surprised even herself. - Photo via pixabay.com

Flynn: What Happened When a Class Assignment Clashed with My Beliefs

Joanna Flynn October 13, 2020

I am a very literal person. I believe there is a fierce dichotomy between dark and light, that morality is not a scale. There is right, and there is wrong, and there is no space in between.But life isn’t...

Newman House Catholic Campus Ministry offers community for Catholic Profs. Christa Ouellette, who is involved with the Catholic Campus Ministry, describes how forgiveness is a complicated but also important Christian topic. - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Quellette: Christian Forgiveness is Both Necessary and Complicated

Christa Ouellette September 26, 2020

One moral that unites all Christians is that of forgiveness. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, to forgive means “to cease to feel resentment against an offender.” Letting go of resentment...

Mt. Olive Christian Community Church, on the corner of Redmond Ave and Whitney Ave in Glassboro, hosts the Rowan University Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship. - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Flynn: From Christian Home Schooler to Proud Christian Prof

Joanna Flynn September 11, 2020

People always told me that college would make me question my beliefs, and it did — but not at all in the ways I thought it would. Let’s face it: college is weird. We’re suddenly ejected from...

This pumpkin was carved with the image of Animal from the Muppets. Carving pumpkins is one of the popular Halloween activities in which many people partake. - Features Editor / Kalie VanDewater

Where did Halloween come from and what’s the point?

Kalie VanDewater October 31, 2019

It's that time of year again, when people dress up as anything they can imagine, kids look for candy at every door they knock on and college students find parties to celebrate the spookiest holiday of...

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