Two Jewish students were attacked on the campus of Catholic-run DePaul University in Chicago Nov. 6 and the school’s president said he was “appalled” by the incident. The attack was part of a wave of anti-Jewish hostility in the Chicago area in recent weeks.
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Corpus Christi embraces new mission of campus, marriage ministries
Corpus Christi’s status as an independent parish will soon change as the Bolton Hill faith community prepares to join with the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a combined parish seated at the basilica.
Pope: Rome’s Jesuit-run university must be rooted in Gospel, voice of poor
Fewer lecterns and more round tables are needed in higher education for students and staff to come together to dialogue, seek the truth and truly fulfill the mandate of a Jesuit-run institution, Pope Francis said.
Jesuit Father Donahue, New Testament scholar and Loyola Blakefield graduate, dies at 91
Jesuit Father John R. Donahue, a noted professor at two Baltimore universities, died Oct. 28. The Baltimore native and Loyola Blakefield graduate was 91.
St. Mary’s Seminary faculty member named coadjutor, future bishop of Oslo, Norway
Sulpician Monsignor Fredrik Hansen, who also serves as assistant professor of pastoral studies at St. Mary’s Seminary, said he’s excited to return home and that his time in Baltimore has served him well.
Synod leaders share lessons learned in listening with U.S. students
The listening that has been part of the Synod of Bishops changes people, can change the Catholic Church and can change the world for the better, four synod members told U.S. university students in Rome.
Cardinal Rys: The church of ‘we’ saves community from ‘clerical narcissism’
Opening a new academic year at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland, Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Lódz posed “the most important question in the church” today for him: “How to be a missionary synodal church?”
Applications open to Loyola’s Baltipreneurs Accelerator
Loyola University Maryland’s Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is looking for applications for the center’s sixth Baltipreneurs Accelerator, a four-month, part-time program supporting startup businesses and social ventures with training, technical assistance, mentorship, networking and access to capital.
Siena College symposium answers ‘Earth’s cry’ with ‘humanity’s call’ to care for creation
A Franciscan college in New York state will host a two-day gathering on integral ecology and sustainability with a focus on creating a “global vision with local meaning” to care for creation.
France mourns Catholic student murdered by repeat migrant offender next to her university
It felt as if the whole country mourned and wept as family, friends and 3,000 other people packed the St. Louis Cathedral in Versailles Sept. 27 to say goodbye to 19-year-old student Philippine de Carlan, who was found murdered in Bois de Boulogne, or the Boulogne Forest, in Paris Sept. 21.
University expresses sharp disagreement over pope’s stance on women
Students at the world’s oldest Catholic university applauded Pope Francis for his calls to protect the environment and promote justice, but he was challenged when it came to his vision of the role of women in the church and society.
Seeking truth requires taking risks, questioning, pope says
An easy, effortless and comfortable “faith” that refuses to call things into question is dangerous, Pope Francis told professors, researchers and staff at the world’s oldest Catholic university.