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From aloha to amen

The heavy rain that had started the night prior ceased 10 minutes before the gates opened, just in time for the roughly 1,000 students arriving for the new student Luau hosted by the Catholic Campus Ministry Center at George Mason University in Fairfax last month. Months of planning lead up to the Luau, but as students flooded in, filling out raffle tickets, sipping sodas and tossing frisbees, the hard work for the campus ministry staff organizing the event was just starting.

10/4/19

Meghan Bartlett | Catholic Herald Editorial Assistant

The Office of Youth, Campus, and Young Adult Ministries supports parish ministries

While the Office of Youth, Campus, and Young Adult Ministries puts on several big events each year — the high school youth RALLY, WorkCamp, Life is Very Good — Director Kevin Bohli said they are trying to do much more.

10/1/19

Elizabeth A. Elliott | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

On the porch with Fr. Rampino

Father Joseph M. Rampino and Youth Apostle Father Thomas M. Yehl traded places this summer — Father Rampino left his role as parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament Church in Alexandria to become chaplain at Marymount University in Arlington. Father Yehl, former chaplain and director of campus ministry at Marymount, is now parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament.

10/1/19

Elizabeth A. Elliott | Catholic Herald Staff Writer
A student from Bánica finds a home at Marymount

Jeidy Delarosa Luperon left her home country for the chance to get an education in the U.S. More

9/27/19

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

‘Strongholds’ fight isolation

A poll conducted by the market research firm YouGov made headlines last month when it reported that one in five millennials said they have no friends. This study makes evident the cultural undercurrent of isolation.More

9/25/19

Johanna Burke | Special to the Catholic Herald

Back to school Italian style

VATICAN CITY — At the Pontifical North American College, new student orientation is not just a weekend or even just a week — it includes almost a month of intensive Italian studies, punctuated with occasional gelato sampling and one big shoutout from Pope Francis.More

9/25/19

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Catholic college presidents attend roundtable discussion

The sixth biennial roundtable Feb. 8-9 drew 16 presidents to Christendom’s Front Royal campus to discuss important issues and to strengthen Catholic higher education in America. More

2/21/19

Special to the Catholic Herald

Financial aid for DREAMers at Marymount University

Marymount University in Arlington is now partnering with TheDream.US National Scholarship program to provide financial support for immigrant youth attending the university, beginning this fall. The university joins more than 75 partner institutions assisting the program participants, or “DREAMers,” to graduate from college with career-ready degrees.More

2/21/19

Marymount Saudi Student Association ranked No. 1 in DC area

The Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the United States recently named the Marymount University Saudi Student Association (SSA) as the third best Saudi Student Association in the United States among 300 and number one in the Washington metro area. This designation celebrates their highly effective participation inside and outside the Marymount community for the 2017-18 school year.More

2/21/19

Special to the Catholic Herald

Students serve in Puerto Rico during Alternative Winter Break

Fourteen students from Anna Maria College in Paxton, Mass., understood this adage all too well and sacrificed a significant portion of their winter break in January to help rebuild the ravaged houses of families who had seen their hearts and lives broken by the widespread damage caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017.More

2/21/19

Jacob Comello | Catholic News Service

Catholic college leaders focus on finances, job market

Participants at the annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities had to know they were getting down to brass tacks with the theme of this year's gathering: "Mission, Myth, Money: Securing Catholic Higher Education for the Future." More

2/21/19

Carol Zimmerman | Catholic News Service

Students tackle translation work for Rome basilica

When an American priest leading a tour group entered the Basilica of San Bartolomeo in Rome recently, he noticed the interpretive signs in the six side chapels had been translated into English since his last visit.More

2/21/19

By LIZ SHOEMAKER | Special to the Catholic Herald

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