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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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University holds Lenten prayer retreat

ALAINA MEYNARD February 22, 2013

Faculty, staff, students and alumni will celebrate the season of Lent together with a Lenten retreat. From Feb. 25 to March 21, faithful followers will engage in daily prayer, meet with a spiritual director...

Brief: Loyola hosts convention for faculty around the country

The Maroon February 22, 2013

With the attendance of over 13 Jesuit colleges from the Mid Eastern and Southern part of the country, Loyola New Orleans hosts the Heartland Delta conference on Feb. 22-24. The conference, which rotates...

Loyola Bateman Team members set up to for their anti-bullying presentation at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church. Their campaign, titled “Step Up, Reach Out,” is an effort to teach New Orleans about the consequences of bullying.

Bateman Team gives anti-bullying presentation

BURKE BISCHOFF February 22, 2013

The Loyola New Orleans Bateman Team held its first out-of-school event at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church for the national Bateman competition. The Loyola Bateman team went to Franklin Avenue Baptist Church...

Brief: Pope Benedict quits papal position due to health issues

Associated Press February 22, 2013

VATICAN CITY (AP) - With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope has done in more than half a millennium, stunning the world by announcing his resignation Feb. 11 and leaving the already-troubled...

Brief: Protests in Egypt reach their second anniversary

The Maroon February 1, 2013

CAIRO (AP) - Egyptians delivered an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, Jan. 25, marking the second anniversary of the start of the country's revolution...

Briefs: Loyola Chicago President will speak in New Orleans

The Maroon February 1, 2013

The Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., is coming to Loyola New Orleans to give a lecture as part of the Centennial Guest Series. Garanzini, who is president of Loyola University Chicago, will be discussing...

Brief: Holy Name of Jesus hosts awakening retreat

The Maroon February 1, 2013

Holy Name of Jesus Church is organizing a retreat titled "Staying Awake Retreat" on Feb. 15 through 17. The retreat is centered on using the scriptures from the Bible and examining how people are always...

Briefs: Pope tweets anti-abortion memo

The Maroon February 1, 2013

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI gave a shout-out to an anti-abortion rally in Washington, tweeting that politicians should protect the unborn and "promote a culture of life." Benedict sent the message...

Sr. Helen Prejean speaks to a crowd in Roussel Hall during her lecture entitled “Christians as Catalysts Against the Death Penalty

Students reflect on death penalty lecture

JESSICA DEBOLD February 1, 2013

Sixty-nine-year-old Christopher Sepulvado is to be executed in Louisiana on Ash Wednesday. According to the Louisiana Department of Corrections, Sepulvado murdered his six-year-old stepson by beating...

Loyola members experience Ignatian workout

LAURA RODRIGUEZ January 25, 2013

In the coming weeks, Loyola faculty, staff and alumni will be participating in a silent retreat and spiritual exercises created by St. Ignatius himself. The spiritual exercises are a guided eight week...

Students participate in self-reflecting retreat

MARY GRACI January 25, 2013

Beginning this weekend, all undergraduate and graduate students will have the opportunity to experience a spiritually reflective journey. The Emmaus Retreat, which is held from Jan. 25 to 27, is an occasion...

From noise to silence

From noise to silence

JOHN SEBASTIAN January 25, 2013

In just a few days' time, I'll be getting married. So this past weekend I did what any hot-blooded man staring down the final hours of bachelorhood would: I spent 48 hours in a convent on the North Shore...

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