Over the summer, students from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington participated in two different service learning camps — Food-for-Life and Housing-for-Life — where they volunteered for three days at local nonprofits and participated in community initiatives.
The Office of Youth, Campus, and Young Adult Ministry creates Encounters to let youths leave screens behind and experience God’s presence around them.
Nicole Cremente, a senior marketing major, and Daniel Formella, a sophomore history major, both students at The Catholic University of America in Washington, have formed new friendships — in unexpected places —during the pandemic.
Christendom College in Front Royal welcomed a record-setting student body to campus last month with an opening Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge for the 2020-21 academic year.
This fall, Marymount is offering four distinct modes of instruction: face-to-face delivery with more space between students and an increased number of class sections; hybrid delivery that combines in-person and online instruction; remote delivery that allows students to participate from a distance simultaneously; and online delivery that allows participation from a distance at their convenience.
Evan Heitman entered college a nominal Christian. Five years later, he’s a Catholic missionary.
Divine Mercy University is partnering with the Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS) to offer tuition reductions to the AMS for its online psychology and counseling degree programs. The partnership will provide financial support to chaplains and laity who desire to provide mental health services for military personnel and their families.
Nearly 25 students from The Catholic University of America in Washington gathered last month in prayer to remember the death of a homeless friend, Ms. Bobbie, whom the students met and befriended while participating in the Office of Campus Ministry’s weekly homeless food runs. The service took place at the K Street underpass, where Ms. Bobbie lived for five of her nine years of homelessness, on the same day that residents of the encampment there were forced by the Washington government to vacate the area and relocate permanently elsewhere.
Work crews laid the final beam of steel on the 114-foot-tall main tower for the new Christ the King Chapel at Christendom College in Front Royal last month, topping out the structure that can now be seen for several miles due to its height and location on campus.
Presidents and school officials from Catholic colleges and universities around the country kicked off their recent four-day meeting in Washington by looking squarely at the challenges they face.
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