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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Religious studies majors increase in numbers

ZAINAB AZIZ April 7, 2011

The number of religious studies students is on the rise, and the reasons behind it vary as greatly as the religions taught. Compared to only four students either majoring or minoring in religious studies...

BRIEF: New Order of Mass to be previewed

April 7, 2011

Ignatius Chapel will play host to a reading of the new Order of Mass on Sunday, April 10 at noon. The new Order of Mass is scheduled to be implemented on Nov. 27, 2011, the first Sunday of Advent. According...

Rome begins preparation for beatification

Associated Press April 7, 2011

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A French nun whose inexplicable cure from Parkinson's disease was the miracle needed to beatify Pope John Paul II will have a starring role in the Vatican's three-day, around-the-clock...

Edward Seyler

COLUMN: Latin Mass more than just relic

Edward Seyler April 7, 2011

The Church and ancient Rome make for strange bedfellows, given the initial hostility between the two.  How ironic that the same language, within the span of a few hundred years, proclaimed not only...

Parishioners raise money for Japan

Parishioners raise money for Japan

HALEY SUMMERS April 7, 2011

Loyola's University Ministry will donate all collections taken up during Masses to Japanese disaster relief during this Lenten season. The donations will then go to Catholic Relief Services, where they...

BRIEF: Pope calls for end to African violence

April 7, 2011

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for an end to the fighting in Libya and the Ivory Coast. Speaking at his public audience Wednesday, Benedict said "violence and hatred are always...

Awakening offers unique experience

ZAINAB AZIZ March 31, 2011

  Some claim that students have a way of swaying their peers in a way that faculty and staff just can't. For almost a decade, the Awakening retreat has been organized by students who say they want...

Retreat offers chance for inward reflection

HALEY SUMMERS March 31, 2011

  Loyola's Lenten retreat has brought about more than just self-denial for many at Loyola this Lenten season. Some members of Loyola's community are participating in the retreat, which lasts from...

John Valdespino

COLUMN: Repent now – it feels great

John Valdespino March 31, 2011

One of the distinguishing features of Catholicism is the sacrament of reconciliation, which for many is a deal-killer. From my experience in talking with many Protestant teens, older adults and even Catholics,...

Supporters of corporal punishment march to the office of the Archdiocese on March 26.  The archbishop has taken a stand against this practice.

Aymond objects to harsh discipline

AP March 31, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than 500 students, parents and other supporters of a St. Augustine, a Roman Catholic high school, is under fire for its use of corporal punishment, marched to the New Orleans...

Oregon Jesuits settle lawsuit

AP March 31, 2011

SEATTLE (AP) — Clarita Vargas was sent to an Indian boarding school some four decades ago to study her ABCs and learn to blend in with majority culture. She says she instead learned a nightmarish...

Crucifixes in classrooms spark debate

Associated Press March 24, 2011

ROME (AP) — Crucifixes in public school classrooms do not violate a student's freedom of conscience, a European high court ruled Friday in a verdict welcomed by the Vatican in its campaign to remind...

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