September 21, 2013
Beatriz Forster ’13: Because the End of Politics Isn’t Truth
By Vicki-Ann Downing
Because the end of politics isn’t truth — that’s why Beatriz Forster ’13 graduated a year early to join the Nashville Dominicans.
Forster, the daughter of diplomats from Brazil, came to PC from a public high school in Bethesda, Md. A member of the Liberal Arts Honors Program and a history major, she anticipated a career in journalism, law, or teaching. She wrote opinion pieces for The Cowl.
She learned a lot in her classes, including something unexpected.
“The end of political science isn’t truth and doesn’t pretend to be,” said Forster. Even in American Constitutional Law, “It’s not about truth, it’s about who has the better argument. It really bothered me.”
Forster began to doubt her career plans. During a day of recollection with the Nashville Dominicans, she realized “God was calling me into a direct relationship with Him. It was a very personal encounter with Christ summoning me. I was filled with so much joy.”
In August, she began seven years of religious formation.
“I am so unworthy of it all,” said Forster. “It gives me peace of heart to know that this is what God wants. It fulfills me as a person.”
