Ignatius Chapel reopens Sunday mass with 45-person limit
May 17, 2020
Loyola's Ignatius Chapel held an in-person Sunday mass on May 17 for the first time since the university's closure back in March. The mass was capped at 45 people, 25% of the chapel's maximum capacity of 180 people, to follow statewide procedures for Phase 1 of Louisiana communal spaces reopening, according to an em...
Rev. Ted Dziak to leave Loyola
May 8, 2020
The Rev. Fr. Ted Dziak, S.J. announced his official departure from Loyola after a year-long sabbatical in a Facebook post Thursday.Dziak served as university chaplain and held two prior positions at Loyola over his 14 years at the university.Dziak said in the post that he has accepted a role as chapla...
Loyola moves ministry, worship online
April 2, 2020
As Loyola closed campus and moved all classes online in mid-March, one prevalent facet of the community followed suit: The Department of Student Life and Ministry is now offering a number of spiritual activities online. “We knew we had to find a way to provide spiritual offering to students at a...
Archbishop of New Orleans tests positive for COVID-19
March 23, 2020
The Archbishop of New Orleans Gregory Aymond announced Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, after holding a live-streamed mass on Sunday in St. Louis Cathedral. Aymond, 70, told his fellow priests in an announcement that a recent fever led him to take the COVID-19 test, which came back...
Jewish students grapple with grief in the face of attacks, holocaust remembrance
AK Brunini
May 6, 2019
On the last day of Passover, exactly six months after the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and four days before Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Olivia Dadoun opened her phone to discover that a shooter had charged into a San Diego synagogue, Chabad of Poway, killing a...
Father Ted announces year-long sabbatical
Tess Rowland
March 31, 2019
The Rev. Ted Dziak, S.J., announced that he will be taking a year-long sabbatical as well as stepping down as vice president for mission and identity after 10 years in the position. According to Dziak, Jesuits do not typically take sabbaticals. Usually this is an opportunity open to a lay faculty...
Eight former Loyola priests named in Jesuit sex abuse list
December 7, 2018
Eight Jesuit priests who previously worked at Loyola were named in the Jesuits U.S. Central and Southern Province's list of 42 priests with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. The list, released on Dec. 7, included allegations of abuse by Loyola priests dating as far back as the 1950s...
Former Loyola president and professor named in clergy sex abuse list
November 2, 2018
Two priests who previously worked for Loyola were among the 57 clergy members who the Archdiocese of New Orleans identified as being taken out of ministry due to accusations of sexual abuse of minors. The list was released Nov. 2, and included six people identified as Jesuits. Among the Loyola-related...
Archdiocese of New Orleans releases clergy report regarding sex abuse
November 2, 2018
On Nov. 2 2018, Archbishop Gregory Aymond released a pastoral letter regarding clergy sex abuse within the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Along with the letter, Aymond released a list of "the names of Archdiocesan clergy (priests and deacons) who have been removed from ministry for an allegation of sex...
Waldrop takes final vows at Mass of the Holy Spirit
September 24, 2018
For almost 500 years, the Society of Jesus has been ordaining men as Jesuits through the tradition of first vows, but only after years of dedication to the order is a Jesuit invited to enter the order through their final vows. During Loyola's 114th Mass of the Holy Spirit, Gregory Waldrop, S.J....
Mass of Healing addresses abuse in the Church
Charlie Seiter
September 22, 2018
In response to recent revelations of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, Loyola hosted a Mass of Healing on Sept. 15 to bring the community together in prayer for those who suffered abuse at the hands of ministers of the church.The Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Billy Huete, S.J., who began by ...
Loyola still deciding Benson Center’s future
September 4, 2018
After years of waiting, the pillar that stands in between Monroe Hall and the sculpture garden is one step closer to becoming the Tom Benson Jesuit Center, thanks to a matching grant of $500,000 from an anonymous donor. The donor created the matching grant for the long-awaited center’s creation and 20...
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