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Loyola Ministry works to improve interfaith

KARL GOMMEL Staff Writer • March 1, 2012

Students looking for diverse religious life on Loyola's campus should be encouraged as interfaith ministry is on the rise. Kurt Bindewald, director of Mission and Ministry, describes the interfaith community...

Loyola professor makes most of sabattical

SCOTT O’BRIEN Senior Staff Writer • March 1, 2012

Catherine Wessinger, the Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J. professor of the history of religions, is making the most of her yearlong sabbatical. In addition to producing a new book and revising an old one,...

Brief: Hasidic teenager firebombs neighbor

Maroon Staff • February 10, 2012

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A Hasidic teenager pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault, averting a trial in an attempted murder case that brought unusual attention to a religious dispute in a Jewish enclave. Shaul...

Brief: Michigan Sikhs face vandalism

Maroon Staff • February 10, 2012

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — An advocacy group has asked authorities to investigate the vandalism of a Sikh house of worship under construction in suburban Detroit. The Sikh American Legal Defense...

Brief: Spring Awakening deadline nears

Maroon Staff • February 10, 2012

Awakening, Loyola's spiritual retreat to enhance students' sense of community and spirituality, will be taking place from March 9 to March 11. The deadline to sign up is Feb. 29 and the cost to attend...

New center will improve Loyola community service

Karl Gommel Staff Writer • February 9, 2012

The Office of Mission and Ministry is developing a new center to open in the fall 2012 semester, which will use research to improve university volunteer service. The center will be called the Center for...

Music channels God and spirituality

Madelyn gelpi Spiritual Experiences • February 9, 2012

The cold blue tones of G-minor swell through keys beneath my fingers. An ocean of sound is pouring against my skin. I close my eyes, letting dancing, twirling melodies embrace me, take me. I have known...

Study reveals steady loss of faith in college

KARL GOMMEL Staff Writer • February 2, 2012

College can serve as an experience full of challenge and discovery. One's faith is no exception, as students encounter and develop new views on religion. Why the drop in religiosity? Conor Friedersdorf,...

Faculty begins Loyola Spiritual Exercises

By daniel Quick Religion Editor • February 2, 2012

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola are now available even to those with a modern, busy lifestyle. The Spiritual Exercises are a compilation of meditations, prayers and contemplative practices...

Student searches for the universe-energy

J. Karin Curley Spiritual Experiences • February 2, 2012

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. When you are finally open to learning new things, your world opens up. This doesn't have to be literal; "a teacher" can just be your mind, expanded....

Students gain insight volunteering in Jamaica

DWAYNE FONTENETTE • February 2, 2012

Twenty-six Loyola students and staff rang in the New Year by giving aid to Jamaican citizens. Their resolution: continue their service back home. The students and staff participated in Loyola's two Ignacio...

New Missal gives Mass consistency

Edward Seyler • January 26, 2012

Whenever Facebook's interface changes, millions of users despair. Some threaten to leave, and a few probably do. Facebook, meanwhile, continues to grow and will probably raise billions of dollars in a...

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