College is an adventure: Three ways to keep your faith August 25, 2021By Nicholas Grevas Catholic News Service Filed Under: #IamCatholic, colleges, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary The students who do these three things become better people after the journey’s end and are equipped for whatever life throws at them.
Trinity Washington University clears tuition debts for 540 students July 28, 2021By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service Filed Under: colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Over 40% of Trinity Washington University’s full-time undergraduate students opened their emails from the university July 23 to learn they will start the school year with a clean financial slate, because the university paid off their outstanding debts.
Outgoing Loyola University Maryland president ‘squeezes sponge dry’ June 30, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice What makes Father Linnane especially proud is playing a role in increasing what he calls the “academic rigor” at Loyola and in dramatically increasing diversity on what had historically been a predominantly white campus.
Local Catholic universities make pandemic adjustments for 2021 graduations April 29, 2021By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News More than a year into the pandemic, coronavirus restrictions will still have a significant impact on graduation ceremonies at Catholic universities located in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Catholic themes in Shakespeare April 26, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Books, colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview As we commemorate the bard’s birthday in April, Christopher Gunty talks Shakespeare with Sean Lewis, associate professor of English at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, and Robert Miola, professor of English and a lecturer in classics at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
Seton Shrine prayer hotline spurred by pandemic is so successful, it’ll continue April 21, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: #IamCatholic, colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Buoyed by dedicated staff members and seminarians from nearby Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, the Seton Shrine in the Baltimore Archdiocese created a prayer hotline last April that has proven so successful, it plans to continue well after COVID-19 has receded.
Father Linnane to retire earlier than planned as president of Loyola University Maryland March 29, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: colleges, Feature, Local News, News Jesuit Father Brian Linnane, who announced in February that he was retiring as president of Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore at the end of the 2021-22 academic year, said in a March 29 letter to the Loyola community that he has decided to step aside sooner. His last day will be June 30.
RADIO INTERVIEW: St. Ignatius Loyola and the Spiritual Exercises March 22, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints On the March 21 episode of “Catholic Review Radio,” Jesuit Father Stephen Spahn talks about St. Ignatius Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises.
Mount St. Mary’s seminarian is at NCAA men’s basketball tourney as a team chaplain March 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Sports, Vocations Deacon Austin Bosse won’t be shooting three-point shots or dunking. But he is a vital and senior member of the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers, winners of the Northeast Conference tournament and a No. 16 seed in the tournament’s East Regional.
Ibram X. Kendi speaks on antiracism at annual Loyola University MLK Convocation January 26, 2021By Lily Gretz Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice Kendi sees the effect of the pandemic on Black people as but just one example of how systemic racism is a threat to a whole people. It’s another reason the nation must dismantle racist policies.
Loyola University Maryland to receive its largest gift: $6.3 million November 18, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: colleges, Feature, Local News, News James Lambdin, a graduate of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, and his wife, Anna, have selected Loyola University Maryland as the beneficiary of $6.3 million from their estate
Notre Dame of Maryland University going online-only for most classes in fall August 7, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News One day after Loyola University Maryland announced that its undergraduate classes and most graduate classes would be online-only in the fall, neighboring Notre Dame of Maryland University is also transitioning to almost exclusive remote learning for the coming semester.
