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About John M. Grondelski, Ph.D.
John M. Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) was former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. He publishes regularly in the National Catholic Register and in theological journals. All views expressed herein are exclusively his own.
Analysis

“Context-driven” ethics and the dictatorship of relativism

December 13, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 28

Reactions have generally been negative to the December 5, 2023, appearance of three prestigious university presidents before the House Education and the Workforce Committee to address antisemitism on American college campuses in the wake of […]

The Dispatch

Reflections on our Catholic President’s God-less Thanksgiving proclamation

November 24, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 73

As Thanksgiving 2023 recedes in the rearview mirror, it’s worth taking one look for a few moments at Joe Biden’s “Thanksgiving” Proclamation, published the day before the holiday. It’s said that one of the hardest […]

Features

A national Catholic Thanksgiving examen

November 22, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 1

As we Catholics join our fellow Americans in marking Thanksgiving 2023, let me sound a contrarian note: I have doubts about just how thankful we really are. The greatest single gift human beings have is […]

Books

The Two-Parent Privilege is both quite insightful and very lacking

November 11, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 21

Melissa Kearney’s The Two-Parent Privilege has caused something of a stir: a mainstream American academic (an economist) at a mainstream public university (Maryland) writing for a mainstream American university publisher (Chicago) in 2023, arguing that […]

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What does Texas have to do with Ohio?

November 4, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 12

Do you remember Sutherland Springs? Maybe not. We’ve grown so inured to atrocities that a six-year-old mass shooting probably long ago receded out of most people’s memories—if they don’t live in its vicinity. To recap: […]

Analysis

Abandon the idea of intrinsically evil acts at your own peril

October 22, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 41

The brutal massacre of Israeli women and children by Hamas terrorists on October 7th momentarily shocked the world. What seemed to shock people even more was the almost immediate demonstrations of “solidarity” with the Hamas […]

Essay

What St. John Paul II means to me: On the 45th anniversary of his election

October 15, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 20

October 16, 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope (now Saint) John Paul II. And, like 45 years ago, the anniversary falls on a Monday. One could reminisce about […]

The Dispatch

Why Catholic college enrollments are going to crater very soon

September 2, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 27

St. John’s University in New York is the third largest Catholic university in the United States. Its current enrollment is a tad shy of 20,000 students. I got my start in academics at St. John’s […]

Features

Here is what I hope Laudato Sí 2.0 will say

August 25, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 35

Back in 2015, when rumors circulated that Pope Francis was writing Laudato Sí, an encyclical on the environment, I offered some unsolicited advice as to what should be in the letter: “What Should the Pope’s […]

Features

It’s time to end the liturgical calendar chaos

August 17, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 67

We just celebrated the Solemnity of the Assumption. Why was it a holy day of obligation? Because it was a Tuesday. Why wasn’t it last year? Because it was a Monday. Why won’t the Solemnity […]

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