The Seminaryâs man of letters
Q & A with Father Stephen Rowan, professor of literature at Mount Angel Seminary Fr. Stephen Rowan is a professor of literature at Mount Angel Seminary. He also gives popular public lectures on Dante, Shakespeare and other literary topics. (Courtesy Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary) 5/10/2021 12:56 PM
select A well-written, contemporary account of the life of Jesus. Lohfinkâs other books are also recommended. A meditative novel on the power of a blessing. This book is related to Robinsonâs other novels, âHome,â âLilaâ and âJackâ but can be read on its own. An intelligent, spirited, even jaunty account of how people kept their faith under the trying circumstances of persecution in the Soviet-occupied Czech Republic. Halikâs thoughts have implications for all Christians in the modern world.
Share
Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the first executive governor of Lagos State (1979-1983) who died on Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 91, was a rare combination of administrative genius in public governance and humility, even self-effacement, in personal life. He was a remarkable giant in public life who never made anyone feel small in his presence. Without doubt, Jakande was one of the ablest public administrators that the country has ever produced.
An encounter with the man popularly called LKJ by one of the top aides of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu illustrates the profound modesty of the spartan politician. Jakande, as the aide told me a few years ago, was in the governor’s office to see Tinubu. He had obviously announced his presence to one of the assistants in the governor’s outer office. Incidentally, he conceived and started the construction of that building. But he never occupied the office before the military seized power in December 1983. Perhaps the governor’s assistants we