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“An Exciting Next Chapter”: Faculty React to Butler’s Appointment as University President

Carina Murphy • February 23, 2025

Rev. Jack Butler, S.J., has been named Boston College’s 26th president, succeeding Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., in 2026. Faculty highlight his deep ties to BC, leadership vision, and commitment to Jesuit values, while also noting challenges facing higher education.

BC Theology Department Launches Three New Minors

Reetu Agnihotri and Mika Johnson • October 6, 2024

Boston College’s theology department is launching three new minors in partnership with the philosophy department and the Lynch School of Education and Human Development (LSEHD).

SCE Honors Lisa Sowle Cahill with Lifetime Achievement Award

Isabel Sullivan • February 19, 2023

The Society of Christian Ethics honored Lisa Sowle Cahill, the Monan Professor of Theology at Boston College, with their Lifetime Achievement award for her contributions to Christian ethics at its annual meeting earlier this month.

BC Launches New Undergraduate Theology Journal ‘Mystērion’

Amy Palmer • October 31, 2021

Mystērion’s inaugural issue was published on Aug. 31, and featured six articles from undergraduates at BC, Princeton University, and Fordham University.

BC Theology Department Chair Accused of Sexual Assault

Megan Kelly, Julia Kiersznowski, and Victor Stefanescu • March 1, 2021

In two YouTube videos released on Wednesday and Jan. 23, theologian Laura Grimes alleges that Richard Gaillardetz, chair of the theology department, sexually assaulted her twice—on Halloween and in early December of 1987—while the two were students in a theology doctoral program at Notre Dame.