Maryland’s four Catholic universities will feature a gold medalist, two healthcare leaders and a noted biblical scholar as their 2025 commencement speakers.
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In historic move, burgeoning Phoenix Diocese opens new Nazareth Seminary
In an era of vocations undeniably impacted by a statistically declining priesthood, it’s perhaps among the rarest of Catholic news headlines: Seminary opens.
Campus Catholic ministry shelters students amid mass shooting at Florida State University
The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is calling for prayers following an April 17 mass shooting at Florida State University’s main campus in Tallahassee, while a campus Catholic ministry is sheltering students and staff amid the lockdown.
Daughters of Charity, DePaul University expand digital collection of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s papers, letters
As the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton approaches Sept. 14, many of her family’s documents are being made public digitally.
Joyce inaugurated as Mount St. Mary’s president; promises continued faith, excellence
Dr. Gerard “Jerry” Joyce was officially inaugurated as president of Mount St. Mary’s University in an April 12 ceremony to the cheers of faculty, staff and students.
Notre Dame’s ACE Teaching fellows to serve in Baltimore Catholic schools through new partnership
The Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., have announced a new partnership that will bring four ACE Teaching Fellows to Catholic schools across Baltimore.
Dominique Dawes, Olympian and Catholic convert, delivers powerful message at WOW Festival Baltimore
Three-time Olympian and Hall of Fame gymnast Dominique Dawes headlined the WOW – Women of the World Festival Baltimore held April 5 at the Rita Rossi Colwell Center in downtown Baltimore. Hosted for a third year by Notre Dame of Maryland University, the event highlighted the achievements of women and girls while examining the challenges confronting them.
Ukrainian Catholic University student killed by Russia honored with memorial scholarship
The Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation announced that an endowed scholarship fund honoring Daryna Bazylevych and her family had collected $163,441 to date.
Catholic Charities USA head awarded Notre Dame’s prestigious Laetare Medal
The University of Notre Dame announced March 30 that Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the school’s Laetare Medal.
Mount St. Mary’s captures ‘First Four’ glory as March Madness gets underway for Catholic schools
March Madness has arrived, and tiny Mount St. Mary’s University is right in the thick of one of the grandest sports spectacles.
Marquette gets multimillion-dollar gift to boost natural family planning institute
Marquette University in Milwaukee received recently a $7.5 million gift to endow its Institute for Natural Family Planning within the College of Nursing. The Jesuit university revealed Feb. 27 the gift came from the Richard L. Boland Love for Life Foundation, Inc., also known as the Betty and Dick Boland Foundation.
Dean of Georgetown Law says interim U.S. attorney’s DEI threat attacks its Catholic mission
The dean of Georgetown University’s law school said the Jesuit institution will not alter its curriculum formed in Catholic teaching despite a threat from the District of Columbia’s acting top prosecutor.