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About Bill Schmitt

OnWord.net is the home for Bill Schmitt's blog and biographical information. This blog, initiated during Bill's nearly 14 years as a communications professional at Notre Dame, expresses Bill's opinions alone. Go to "About Bill Schmitt" and "I Link, Therefore I Am" to see samples of multimedia content I'm producing now and have produced during my journalism career and my marketing communications career. Like me at facebook.com/wgschmitt, follow me on Twitter @wschmitt, and meet "bill schmitt" on LinkedIn.

We Need a Little Advent, Right This Very Minute

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This is a preview of a commentary to be published soon in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Also, check out my podcast interview by the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. This 2018 “Church Life … Continue reading →

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Propaedeutics: The Last Word in First-Class Learning

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was also published in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Universities often promise they will “prepare students to be leaders,” but it’s not clear how much progress either the teachers or the learners are making. How can we cultivate … Continue reading →

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Entertained

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published in the Magis Center Blog on Nov. 8, 2023. The Magis Center, founded and led by Rev. Robert Spitzer, SJ, seeks “to restore, reconstruct, and revitalize belief in God, the transcendent dignity of every human person, the significance … Continue reading →

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Oh, Grow Up! But How?

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com on Oct. 30. Just as an apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, we need to see the members of “Generation Z”—now in their teens and twenties—as products of generations … Continue reading →

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Pilgrimage: A Trek in Nature Brings NY State of Mind to Shrine

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

Published in The Tablet, newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn, on Oct. 28. Sisters of Life precede a Eucharistic procession that was part of a four-day pilgrimage to the New York State Eucharistic Congress. (Photo: William Schmitt) ALBANY — Days … Continue reading →

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“A Game-Changer”: New York State Eucharistic Congress

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

Published by The Evangelist, newspaper of the Diocese of Albany, on Oct. 28. Thousands of Catholics attend three-day, New York State Eucharistic Congress in Auriesville as Bishop Scharfenberger celebrates concluding Mass. Photo by Bill Schmitt Over 11,000 Catholics converged on … Continue reading →

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Guardian Angels: Looking Up to Working-Class Heroes

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This is a preview of a commentary soon to be published in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to that publication to support this work. You can also see my comments in the Sept. 30 edition of The … Continue reading →

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Duty is Truth, Truth Duty

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published today in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to that publication to support my work. Learn more about my multimedia content and career experience at billschmitt.substack.com/about. America’s mainstream news media cannot say “they didn’t … Continue reading →

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An Actor with Dwarfism Who Rose Above Trials

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

A 50th Anniversary Remembrance of Michael Dunn This commentary was published previously in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to that publication to support this work. On August 30, exactly fifty years after his death at age 38, … Continue reading →

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In Polling, Are We the Margin of Error?

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Bill Schmitt

This commentary was published earlier in “Phronesis in Pieces” at billschmitt.substack.com. Please consider subscribing to the publication, whose contents include a Bookshelf of resources for the avocational student of phronesis, or practical wisdom, as described by Aristotle. Here’s a recent … Continue reading →

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