February 2013

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February 2013

Volume XX, Issue III

The Fenwick Review

The Independent Journal of Opinion at the College of the Holy Cross http://college.holycross.edu/studentorgs/fenwickreview/index.html

Holy Cross Likes Questions. Father Scalia Has Some Answers. The Fenwick Review Interviews it’s Founder

Malik Neal ‘13 Copy Editor Last semester, I had the opportunity to interview Father Paul Scalia, founder of The Fenwick Review and member of the Class of 1992. Born in 1970 in Charlottesville, VA, Father Scalia is one of nine children born to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and his wife Maureen. Following his graduation from Holy Cross with a degree in Classics, Father Scalia entered the Diocesan priesthood in Arlington, Va. He was ordained a priest in 1996 and received degrees from the Pontifical Gregorian University and Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He has served as a priest at several parishes in the Arlington diocese and now serves as the Bishop’s Delegate for Clergy, wherein he facilitates logistical maters between the bishop and the

priests within the diocese. What follows is Father Scalia’s compelling critique of his beloved alma mater. The interview seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the principles of the The Fenwick Review by highlighting the man responsible for its founding. Though this is an abridged version of a much longer interview, it should nevertheless provide remarkable insight into the ideas and principles that have made The Fenwick Review what it is today—a voice of dissent and defender of tradition on Mount Saint James. FR: Why did you decide to come to Holy Cross? PS: My mother grew up in Braintree, Massachusetts, and she, of course, knew of Holy Cross. The connection, though, was really Justice Clarence Thomas, who at the time was not

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even a judge. I think he was still at the EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission], but he was a friend of the family and my mother would speak to him and he spoke very favorably of Holy Cross. And so, on that recommendation, my mom suggested that I apply, which I did. One of the reasons also was I was looking for a Catholic education. I was looking for a Catholic school because even at that time I was thinking about the priesthood somewhat but not perfectly settled on it. I wanted to be in a place where I could continue that discernment. FR: What moment or event sparked the idea for The Fenwick Review? PS: I don’t know that there was one moment that sparked it. It was just a

sense among a group of us that the conservative principles and even the principles of the Church were not really being well represented in the College. And that a liberal education really should be rooted in tradition and should at least keep in mind those things that consider them in light of everything else. But there was very much a liberal agenda that we perceived coming from the Chaplains’ Office or certain other departments in the College without even considering certain conservative positions. For all the talk about being a liberal arts college, that’s not really a liberal education. So, there wasn’t one moment. It was more an accumulation of things. Continued on pages 8-9

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