Hm… it certainly stands to reason that it would be difficult to be a good Catholic per se, as you’d have to opt out of reciting the Nicene Creed. Catholicism certainly has no problem with being a good *person* and not believing in God, and faith and doubt are certainly not strangers (See Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith, O’Neill Library BT771 .T54). For issues of faith and doctrine, your best bet is to talk to someone at Campus Ministries: bit.ly/BC-ministry.

Rather than looking for “a point” to life, I think it is better to acknowledge that you are here regardless of reason, and then strive to make the world a better place. If you do this, you will create your own reason for being here. And making the world better doesn’t have to be daunting- even simple actions can help.

Though we may frequently think of outdoor fountains when we hear the word “fountain,” the word is actually developed from the Latin word “fons” which means spring or source of water. Thus, the term “fountain pen” developed because they include reservoirs or containers of ink unlike early pens that were dipped in an external source of ink before writing with them and did not feature an internal source of ink. It is hard to say when they were first developed. The first may have been as early as the 10th century when there is some evidence that a fountain-style pen was created at the request of Al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah. There is also evidence that Leonardo da Vinci may have created and used a prototype of one. We do know that they were in use in Europe and referred to as “fountain pens” by the 17th century. Want to know more? Check out The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting by Philip Hensher (Z40 .H46 2012).