When Sarah Conley, who teaches weekly iconography workshops at Saint Anthony Catholic Church, was asked to join a group of women from the parish to make icons, she said she jumped at the opportunity because “I wanted to get to know people in the church.” That was four years ago, and she had only been...
“Perhaps the best tool man possesses is his moral imagination. With it, man can rekindle old truths in new forms,” Birzer wrote in 2003. Professor of History Bradley J. Birzer, in a recently self-published ebook, “Seeking Christendom: An Augustinian Defense of Western Civilization,” discusses how Augustinians of the 20th century — most prominently Russell Kirk...
A local staple of Jonesville for over two decades, Spangler’s Hilltop restaurant recently moved across town to a new location. Now situated at 601 East Chicago Rd. on the east city limits, the restaurant sits 1.5 miles from its previous location. With the move, Spangler’s has expanded its capacity for customers from 50 people to...
At 163 ½ Oak Street, the living room makes a great dance floor. The bottle of caramel vodka they found in the basement was great way to christen the house, and the roof is the perfect spot to stargaze on clear nights. Maddy Brylski likes playing her banjo in the living room, and the eight...
When Tyler Blanski ’06 was a student at Hillsdale, Matthew Gaetano, professor of history and fellow student, said that Blanski probably didn’t see himself writing multiple books, including his latest, “An Immovable Feast: How I Gave Up Spirituality for a Life of Religious Abundance.” “Believe me, I was extremely unremarkable,” Blanski said. But Blanski said...