Celt Classic
The Celt Classic Golf Tournament returned Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, raising more than $105,000 to support the University of St. Thomas men’s and women’s golf teams. UST golf alumni Lou Pelz ’80 and Michael Fasci ’17 co-chaired the event at the Wildcat Golf Club in southwest Houston. Generous donors enjoyed a great day on the…
Read MorePray Boldly
Prayer is arguably the simplest and most complicated aspect of spiritual life. Prayer can mean different things to different people, but at its core, prayer is communicating with the sacred, with God. At the University of St. Thomas, we’ve embraced Pope Francis’s proclamation of a special focus on prayer in 2024, so it is our…
Read MoreLetter from Fr. Dempsey
Embracing the Jubilee Year, We Become Pilgrims of Hope The notion of the Jubilee Year holds profound spiritual significance in the Catholic Church, inviting believers to engage in faith, mercy, and community renewal to restore our relationship with God and one another. Rooted in biblical traditions, as mentioned in Leviticus, it serves as a divine…
Read MoreHeart and Heritage Gala
Living up to all the anticipation and underscored by irresistible Irish tunes, the William J. Flynn Center for Irish Studies celebrated its Heart & Heritage Gala on Nov. 22, at the elegant Houstonian Hotel. Guests at the gorgeous annual fundraising event were eager to honor Fr. James Murphy, CSB, for his heartfelt dedication to quality education…
Read MoreAn Extra Helping of Unexpected Twists
Students with learning differences experience sweet success at Houston’s Rocambolesc Gelateria Alums Mariana Calderon ’24 and Brandon Lin-Shaw ’26 have cool jobs. They work in the Willy Wonka-like Rocambolesc Gelateria in Houston’s high-end Uptown Park area. Spanish restaurateurs, the Roca brothers, opened this sensational ice cream shop 10 years ago—the same brothers responsible for the…
Read MoreEncounter Winter 2024
To Many More Years// Honoring His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo Read More Eucharistic Revival// Re-igniting the Belief in the True Presence of Christ Read More We are UST// Celebrating our Community Read More more from the issue President’s Letter This edition of Encounter Magazine honors Cardinal DiNardo’s 75th birthday and glorious legacy, echoing the essence…
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This edition of Encounter Magazine honors Cardinal DiNardo’s 75th birthday and glorious legacy, echoing the essence of our University’s mission to create spaces for encounter and dialogue where ideas intersect. UST is committed to fostering a Catholic environment rich in dialogue that mirrors True Presence.
Read MoreTrue Presence
If we believe that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, how does that call us to live our daily lives?—in the Eucharistic Revival.
Read MoreTrue Presence In Lisbon
World Youth Day World Youth Day is not for the faint of heart. Inevitably, participating will involve sore feet, heavy bags, uncertain weather events, irregular meals and intensely crowded public transportation. In Portugal, our UST students experienced all these things plus record heat, sunburn, wildfire smoke, getting lost, fatigue and waiting hours in line for…
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“This new agreement is groundbreaking,” noted UST’s Associate Vice President for International Relations & Engagement Hans Stockton, “it launches the first academic collaboration between American and Mexican universities in which the academic focus is on masters degrees taught entirely in Spanish.”
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