Notre Dame of Maryland students recreate 99-year-old photos May 6, 2022By Adam Zielonka Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News 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 May 5, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News 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.
Mount St. Mary’s University joining Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference July 1 May 2, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Sports Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg is joining the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference July 1, the university announced May 2.
Loyola vice president named president of University of Portland April 28, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Robert D. Kelly, vice president and special assistant to the president at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, has been named president of the University of Portland, a Catholic university in Oregon.
Catholic University selling Dorothy dress to help school’s drama department April 20, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Dorothy’s refrain, “There’s no place like home,” in “The Wizard of Oz” also could be echoed by her blue and white gingham dress from the 1939 movie.
Seminarians evangelize Towson University April 5, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Eighteen seminarians from Mount St. Mary’s were on Towson University’s campus Feb. 27 to March 1 at the invitation of the university’s Catholic campus ministry based at the Newman Center. With permission from the secular university, they had opportunities for faith sharing not only with Catholic students, but also with students of many different religions – and of no religion at all.
Peter K. Kilpatrick is named Catholic University of America’s new president March 29, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News The Catholic University of America’s board of trustees has selected Peter K. Kilpatrick as the 16th president of the university, effective July 1.
Diverse group of commencement speakers scheduled for area Catholic universities March 25, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Catholic universities in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will feature an engaging variety of commencement speakers this spring, most noted for their experiences with the death penalty, theology and business strategies.
Loyola University Maryland hosts its first expungement clinic to benefit Govans neighborhood March 23, 2022By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice In partnership with Maryland Legal Aid, Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore hosted its first “expungement clinic” on York Road March 19 to benefit more than 60 members of the university’s neighboring Govans community.
51 years overdue, three books returned to Loyola-Notre Dame Library March 2, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Danielle Whren Johnson, a Loyola-Notre Dame librarian, said books that were checked out 51 years ago were recently returned in a bin at a public library and then forwarded to Loyola-Notre Dame Library.
Fordham University names first layperson and first woman as president February 12, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News Tania Tetlow, incoming president of Fordham University in New York, will be the first layperson and first woman to lead the Jesuit-run school.
Reject racism to ‘live the way’ Creator intended us to live, cardinal says February 4, 2022By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News People must “reject all forms of racism, bigotry and injustice” and recognize “we are each made by God and are deserving of respect and dignity because of just that,” Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said Feb. 3.
