Popular priest podcaster takes ‘Parables’ tour cross-country to sold-out crowds May 23, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News Now in his 20th year of “Bulldog Catholic” campus ministry, Father Schmitz has seen steady and encouraging growth — defying the prevailing narrative that 85 percent of Catholic college students will likely lose their faith before they graduate.
Catholic University cuts 7 percent of workforce amid $30 million deficit May 21, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The Catholic University of America in Washington has cut 7 percent of its workforce, as part of a financial restructuring to tackle a $30 million deficit amid declining enrollment revenue and rising overall costs.
Angelicum rector: Pope’s election ‘greatest mercy God has ever shown on Catholic Church in America’ May 13, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Vatican, World News While no one from then-Father Prevost’s time at the Angelicum is still teaching there, Father White is proud that Leo XIV is the second contemporary pope to be an Angelicum graduate in recent decades.
‘He’s always been a brother to us’: Villanova Augustinian prior reflects on future Pope Leo XIV May 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Augustinian Father Robert Hagan said that fellow order member Pope Leo XIV has “always been a brother to us” — one who encouraged him from his early days to his own leadership role in the order.
Catholic college commencements feature gold medalist, healthcare executives as speakers April 30, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Maryland’s four Catholic universities will feature a gold medalist, two healthcare leaders and a noted biblical scholar as their 2025 commencement speakers.
In historic move, burgeoning Phoenix Diocese opens new Nazareth Seminary April 19, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vocations, World News 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 April 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Gun Violence, News, World News 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 April 16, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Saints 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 April 14, 2025By Nolan Wilkinson Courtesy The Frederick News-Post Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News 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 April 9, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Schools 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 April 7, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Sports 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 April 6, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, War in Ukraine, World News The Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation announced that an endowed scholarship fund honoring Daryna Bazylevych and her family had collected $163,441 to date.
