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Interfaith initiative creates community service

By CHERIE LEJEUNE • October 7, 2011

A new program on campus embraces New Orleans' diversity by redefining the way Loyola students perform community service. Interfaith Coordinator Sam Bradley and University Ministry Assistant Director Josh...

Muslim group elects officers

HALEY SUMMERS • May 6, 2011

When Zaina Mansour found out she was elected president of Loyola's Muslim Student Association, she knew it was going to be a great year. Mansour, mass communication junior, is the newly elected president...

Class visits largest jade Buddha

NHI TIEU • May 6, 2011

Loyola students witnessed the first unveiling of the world's largest jade Buddha during a Buddhist ceremony at a Gretna temple April 21. Some students attended the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace's first...

Pope John Paul II one step closer to sainthood

Associated Press • May 6, 2011

(AP) ROME - Catholics worldwide celebrated the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II on Sunday, with the faithful jamming churches to pray, cherishing his mementoes and witnessing on TV screens...

Loyola offers services and events aimed at increasing awareness of tenets of Islam

ZAINAB AZIZ • April 28, 2011

The Muslim Student Association held its first congregated Friday prayer in the basement of the Danna Center in the spring of 2011. Loyola's MSA is one of several groups and programs that support students...

Students important to Archbishop

EDUARDO GONZALEZ • April 28, 2011

The archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans may seem a tall and distant figure to many students at Loyola. While at times, archbishop Gregory Aymond is serious because the occasion asks for it, he...

Some Muslim students express concerns about tolerance at Loyola in light of world events

ZAINAB AZIZ • April 28, 2011

Feryal Awan was walking out of her religion class when she noticed some people were shocked to see her. For the first time, she was wearing a black hijab and abaya, a long robe-like garment worn by Muslim...

COLUMN: Church fails to act on time

Wadner Pierre • April 28, 2011

It seems from time to time that the Catholic Church has been deliberately late in addressing the real issues that face God's children on this earth. As we all know, the Catholic Church in particular has...

COLUMN: Travel the world with the pope

Angie Hernandez • April 14, 2011

In my lifetime, I've slept in German castles, walked the Sydney Harbor Bridge and spent a day on a Fijian beach. No, these weren't luxurious summer vacations. These experiences came as a result of pilgrimages...

Choir attracts range of performers

ALEX DAVIS • April 14, 2011

Music education senior Nathan Joseph always knew he wanted to join a gospel choir in college. Even when he was an accounting major, music was his one passion, he said. Now a senior, Joseph is in his fourth...

Book misrepresents Church doctrine

Associated Press • April 14, 2011

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has again been embarrassed by a botched translation of its teachings, with the launch Wednesday of an error-plagued book that implies the Holy See approves of contraception...

Architect chosen for Jesuit Center

HALEY SUMMERS • April 14, 2011

Local architecture firm Holly and Smith has been chosen to design Loyola's new Jesuit Center. The firm has been based out of Hammond for the last thirty years and recently opened an office in New Orleans. Holly...

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