Nesti Center for Faith & Culture - University of St. Thomas

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๐Ÿ‘‹Just two weeks left to apply for a Nesti Center program with scholarship this fall!๐Ÿ‘‰Start your application at https://m...
06/15/2026

๐Ÿ‘‹Just two weeks left to apply for a Nesti Center program with scholarship this fall!

๐Ÿ‘‰Start your application at https://myust.stthom.edu/portal/apply today,

๐Ÿ‘Email us anytime with questions or concerns at [email protected]. We'll get right back to you!

An amazing initiative โญ๏ธ:MAFC student Paula Schoof organized a free Wills and Advance Planning Clinic at Richmondโ€™s Sacr...
06/12/2026

An amazing initiative โญ๏ธ:

MAFC student Paula Schoof organized a free Wills and Advance Planning Clinic at Richmondโ€™s Sacred Heart Catholic Church on May 30, assisting the elderly with essential end-of-life planning documents prepared on-site by volunteer attorneys, paralegals, and notaries from various Christian ecclesial communities.

"The MA in Faith & Culture had a direct impact on the vision behind the clinic, particularly the emphasis on human dignity, service, and Christians from different traditions working together in service to the community," said Schoof, an attorney, who also enlisted fellow Nesti Center students Jennifer Nutzman and Shannon Powers to serve at the clinic.

"This program has challenged me to think practically about the relationship between faith, culture, the common good, and the ways Christians can unify through works of mercy."

We're so proud of our students for embracing "A Way of Life in the Light of Faith," and grateful to the other volunteers and Fr. Paul Hoang at Sacred Heart for supporting their initiative!

It's always a joy to see Nesti Center students sharing their gifts with the community! Here, UST Associate Director of R...
06/04/2026

It's always a joy to see Nesti Center students sharing their gifts with the community! Here, UST Associate Director of Residence Life Danna Knight (MAFC '26) speaks to incoming UST freshmen and their families at orientation.

You can also follow us on Instagram to see more!
06/02/2026

You can also follow us on Instagram to see more!

There's exactly one month left to apply to one of Nesti Center Master's degrees or Certificates this fall!Reach out toda...
06/01/2026

There's exactly one month left to apply to one of Nesti Center Master's degrees or Certificates this fall!

Reach out today if you've got questions about our curriculum or making the deadline! FAQs in the comments.

๐ŸŒŸSave the date for our interfaith panel and annual Faithful Citizenship Dinner commemorating the 60+ anniversary of Nost...
05/16/2026

๐ŸŒŸSave the date for our interfaith panel and annual Faithful Citizenship Dinner commemorating the 60+ anniversary of Nostra Aetate!

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026
at The Ballroom at Bayou Place--see flier for details and registration

Have you ever read the Address of Pope Paul VI to Women at the closing statements of the Second Vatican Council? This st...
05/15/2026

Have you ever read the Address of Pope Paul VI to Women at the closing statements of the Second Vatican Council? This statement was delivered on December 8th, 1965. It's worth a few moments of your time today.

It's very short, but includes some incredible gems such as,

"๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐. ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ, ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ-๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ."

And this incredible call,

"๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก. ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง. ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž. ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ, ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง."

We are responding to this call with our Masters of Arts in Catholic Women's and Gender Studies program.

Second Vatican Council, women

Our heartfelt congratulations to Marlon Barao (MAFC '17, below far right) and his cohort for ordination to the transiti...
05/12/2026

Our heartfelt congratulations to Marlon Barao (MAFC '17, below far right) and his cohort for ordination to the transitional diaconate in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston this week. Our prayers are with him and all at St. Mary's Seminary & University preparing for the priesthood!

The second picture is a poignant memory from Marlon's MAFC graduation reception in 2017; Dr. Don Frohlich, who is standing behind Marlon with the Nesti Center stole, passed away last week. His memorial Mass will be held Friday, May 22, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of St. Basil.

05/11/2026

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We couldnโ€™t be prouder of the MAFC class of 2026! Congratulations to our wonderful graduates, who are truly living โ€œA wa...
05/11/2026

We couldnโ€™t be prouder of the MAFC class of 2026! Congratulations to our wonderful graduates, who are truly living โ€œA way of life in the light of faith.โ€

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