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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Design senior Andres Arauz poses with Ignatius painting created by Holly Schapker.The original artwork is one of a series of paintings by Schapker related to Ignatian Spirituality. Photo credit: Lindsay Horn

Religious Studies Department displays student art

Chasity Pugh November 17, 2016

The hallways of the religious studies department have received a facelift thanks to the contributions of students, artists and staff. The colorful portraits and spiritual quotations were created for display...

“Real Talk” initiative provides a safe space for students to reflect

Chasity Pugh November 9, 2016

With suicide on the rise at college campuses, NOLA Wesley acknowledges that all students deserve a safe space to discuss their thoughts and share their struggles. Because of this, they have created an...

The opening mass for Loyola Week takes place on the front lawn of the university. The week celebrates Loyolas catholic and Jesuit identity. Photo credit: Valeria Kawas

Loyola Week encourages students to “Live Loyola”

Chasity Pugh November 6, 2016

Magis, inclusivity and care for the environment are three of the values that will be expressed during the Loyola Week Opening Mass. Held Nov. 6-11, Loyola Week allows the community to celebrate the Jesuit...

Loyola Students for Life Club pose in front of the newly opened Planned Parenthood on South Claiborne Ave. Students for Life is dedicated to practicing anti-abortion and educating the community on pro-life issues. Photo credit: Kris Bradley

Students for Life club forms

Jessamyn Reichmann November 5, 2016

Students for Life, once a thriving anti-abortion club on Loyola’s campus, is currently on the rise again. It is an organization being resurrected this fall by Alex Lucas, freshman vocal performance...

Two Jesuits look over meeting materials in the aula, or meeting room, Oct. 20 at General Congregation 36. The global meeting of Jesuits will make governing decisions for the next several years. Photo credit: Courtesy of General Congregation 36

Jesuits’ global meeting gets down to business

Colleen Dulle October 29, 2016

The Jesuits’ 36th General Congregation is now in full swing, with the group of delegates having elected a new global superior and now making some of the decisions that will lead the society for years...

Members of the Genesis Gospel Choir light candles during a litany honoring those lost by police violence. The Mass for Racial Justice was held in Ignatius Chapel on Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. Photo credit: Colleen Dulle

Students pray for racial justice

Marisabel Rodriguez October 28, 2016

On Oct. 23 at 9 p.m., while many were sleeping, studying or otherwise preparing for the next day, about 60 students were gathering in Bobet Hall’s Ignatius Chapel for a Mass dedicated to racial justice....

Students bake homemade cookies from scratch during the retreat. Students prepared all the food for the weekend from scratch under the direction of Sr. Madonna Baudier. Photo credit: Courtesy of Diane Blair

Awakening retreat creates tight knit community

October 28, 2016

The weekend of Friday Oct. 21 to Sunday Oct. 23, students gathered at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville for this semester’s Awakening retreat. The spiritual event is held once a semester and...

A festival attendee adds his own yarn to the faith web, Pagan Pride Festival’s first ever art installation. The festival gave people an opportunity to gather and discuss their beliefs.

Community gathers to show pagan pride

Grant Dufrene October 24, 2016

Pagans and non-pagans alike gathered together for a festival held in Washington Square Park on Saturday, Oct. 8 to celebrate the fourth annual Greater New Orleans Pagan Pride Day. Paganism in its modern...

Grant Tregre, graduate senior and founder of the New Jim Crow Ministry

Tregre develops New Jim Crow Ministry

Leah Banks October 18, 2016

A Loyola Institute of Ministry student has initiated a ministry opposed to mass incarceration and the oppression that black males face in today's prison systems.Grant Tregre, graduate senior, has developed...

NOLA Wesley retreaters roast marshmallows on the beach in Biloxi, Mississippi. The group held its fall retreat at the Seashore United Methodist Assembly there. Photo credit: Courtesy of Cheryl Guyton

NOLA Wesley holds fall retreat

Yuichiro Oguma October 18, 2016

Local students in the Uptown area gathered to bond on a religious journey during NOLA Wesley's fall retreat this September in Biloxi, Mississippi.The retreat was held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, and the group...

Applications open for Moazami scholarship

Chasity Pugh October 12, 2016

Loyola's Department of History is now accepting applications for the Mrs. Fatemah Moazami Endowed Scholarship in Middle Peace Studies.The scholarship's purpose is to promote excellence in the field of...

Caribbean Mass celebrates faith and tradition

Erin Snodgrass October 10, 2016

In celebration of both the Eucharist and Caribbean culture, Loyola community members praised the work of the Ignacio Volunteers at the annual Caribbean Mass. Loyola University Ministry and Ignacio Volunteers...

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