Current Issue: Volume 18, Issue 1 (2025)

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

We, the board of editors, extend a sincere and warm welcome to this eighteenth volume of Obsculta: A Student Journal of Theology. We pray that you find the works herein invigorating, thought provoking, and enriching. By God’s grace, may this text serve as an introduction to the voices in our community and the work to which we commit ourselves daily. While it cannot fully encompass our diverse community, nevertheless, it aims to lift up, in charity and fruitful dialogue, the voices of students and alumni.

As Pope Francis has declared this Jubilee Year of Hope, may the works herein guide us all to greater hope for our world and our lives. This year’s contributions demonstrate the wide breadth of our studies including liturgy, disability, Mary, icons, patristics, pastoral theology, monastic studies, poetry and more!

We pray this spirit of listening and hope extends through our work and through your reading.

Sincerely,

The Obsculta editorial team