Terrence M. Sawyer named first lay president of Loyola University Maryland October 20, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News The Loyola University Maryland Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Terrence M. Sawyer as the institution’s 25th president – the first lay president in the 169-year history of the Jesuit university in Baltimore.
Loyola University Maryland opens $40 million ‘new front door’ to Evergreen campus September 30, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News “This building is a physical manifestation of having different disciplines come together,” Sawyer said.
College is an adventure: Three ways to keep your faith August 25, 2021By Nicholas Grevas Catholic News Service Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary The students who do these three things become better people after the journey’s end and are equipped for whatever life throws at them.
Trinity Washington University clears tuition debts for 540 students July 28, 2021By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Over 40% of Trinity Washington University’s full-time undergraduate students opened their emails from the university July 23 to learn they will start the school year with a clean financial slate, because the university paid off their outstanding debts.
Outgoing Loyola University Maryland president ‘squeezes sponge dry’ June 30, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice What makes Father Linnane especially proud is playing a role in increasing what he calls the “academic rigor” at Loyola and in dramatically increasing diversity on what had historically been a predominantly white campus.
Loyola Maryland, other Catholic colleges will require COVID-19 vaccinations in fall May 13, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Many colleges will require their students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and some schools also are mandating that staff and faculty members be vaccinated.
Local Catholic universities make pandemic adjustments for 2021 graduations April 29, 2021By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News More than a year into the pandemic, coronavirus restrictions will still have a significant impact on graduation ceremonies at Catholic universities located in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Catholic themes in Shakespeare April 26, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Books, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview As we commemorate the bard’s birthday in April, Christopher Gunty talks Shakespeare with Sean Lewis, associate professor of English at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, and Robert Miola, professor of English and a lecturer in classics at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
Seton Shrine prayer hotline spurred by pandemic is so successful, it’ll continue April 21, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Buoyed by dedicated staff members and seminarians from nearby Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, the Seton Shrine in the Baltimore Archdiocese created a prayer hotline last April that has proven so successful, it plans to continue well after COVID-19 has receded.
Father Linnane to retire earlier than planned as president of Loyola University Maryland March 29, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Jesuit Father Brian Linnane, who announced in February that he was retiring as president of Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore at the end of the 2021-22 academic year, said in a March 29 letter to the Loyola community that he has decided to step aside sooner. His last day will be June 30.
RADIO INTERVIEW: St. Ignatius Loyola and the Spiritual Exercises March 22, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints On the March 21 episode of “Catholic Review Radio,” Jesuit Father Stephen Spahn talks about St. Ignatius Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises.
Mount St. Mary’s seminarian is at NCAA men’s basketball tourney as a team chaplain March 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Sports, Vocations Deacon Austin Bosse won’t be shooting three-point shots or dunking. But he is a vital and senior member of the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers, winners of the Northeast Conference tournament and a No. 16 seed in the tournament’s East Regional.
