Father Steven Roth speaks with Father Kevin Ewing about ministry to college students. Father Ewing is the Catholic campus minister at Towson University.
Colleges
Harvard theologian Father Francis X. Clooney named inaugural ICJS Silber-Obrecht Lecturer at Loyola Maryland
The Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies named Jesuit Father Francis X. Clooney as the inaugural Silber-Obrecht Lecturer at Loyola University Maryland.
Notre Dame of Maryland looking forward to expanding “mission” to male students, but change creates a stir among alumni and students
After 127 years as primarily an all-women’s undergraduate college, change is on the way at Notre Dame of Maryland University.
Notre Dame of Maryland renovating science center
Notre Dame of Maryland University officials held a wall-breaking ceremony Sept. 8 and then delivered a breakdown of their planned $9 million renovation of the college’s Knott Science Center.
Notre Dame of Maryland going coed in fall 2023
Notre Dame of Maryland University announced Sept. 13 it will begin accepting male students to all of its undergraduate programs, changing to a coeducational model after more than 125 years of offering a traditional women’s college education.
Blessed Virgin Mary statue returns to Mount, but renovations aren’t complete
A 25-foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was returned July 20 to her perch at the National Shrine Grotto overlooking Mount St. Mary’s University, but not yet as a finished product.
Loyola receives $3 million donation for Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Loyola University Maryland graduates Nick Simon and Susie Simon made a $3 million donation to the Baltimore school’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship that will help support the center’s scholarship and research programs, according to a June 7 news release.
Judge blocks Catholic University of America’s sale of Dorothy dress
A federal judge prevented The Catholic University of America from selling a dress worn by Judy Garland in the “Wizards of Oz” the day before it was scheduled to be auctioned.
Catholic college graduates praised for pandemic resilience
At Catholic college and university graduation ceremonies across the country, speakers praised students for lessons learned during these past four years that had nothing to do with classes, projects or late-night study sessions, but instead with how they adapted to their workload during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ukrainians ‘have made the Bible come alive’ for world, says archbishop
Ukrainians “have made the Bible come alive for the world,” Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, told graduates of the University of Notre Dame May 15.
Notre Dame of Maryland students recreate 99-year-old photos
The cast of Notre Dame of Maryland University’s production of the Shakespearean comedy “As You Like It” joined forces with a class of digital photography students to recreate 99-year-old images of their predecessors, with the results now on display in an online exhibit.
Emmitsburg grotto awaits return of statue of Blessed Virgin Mary
A 25-foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is expected to be returned to its high perch at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes overlooking the campus and surrounding countryside this summer.