Lucia Silecchia on Our Names and Our Lives

"The start of every new semester is packed with activities that always manage to take me by surprise, even though they happen every term. These are the days to fine-tune my syllabus, adjust to a new class schedule, study new editions of my textbooks, and start dressing up again.

"There is one task, though, that seems more challenging each year -- perhaps because I am only now realizing the importance of this responsibility. This undertaking is simply learning all of my students' names."

In a recent commentary, writer/Professor Lucia A. Silecchia reflected on the importance of being known by name and of knowing others by name.

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The Pilot: Echoes: Lucia A. Silecchia: Known by name in Ordinary Time (3 SEP 25)