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Social Issues Series: Jesuits in Film

Klaudia Wachnik, Staff Writer October 31, 2019

On Aug. 12, 2017, Charlottesville, Virginia made worldwide news as the sight of white supremacist riots. In the wake of this event, many departments at SLU began to respond to the incident, including the...

Photo Courtesy of Trenton Almgren-Davis

SLU Community Gathers for Mass of the Holy Spirit

Conor Dorn, Associate News Editor September 4, 2019

Last Thursday, Aug. 29, SLU students, faculty and alumni gathered at St. Francis Xavier College Church to celebrate the Mass of the Holy Spirit. Classes that fell between 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. were cancelled...

Losing my religion: The illustrious tale of a college student’s spirituality

Losing my religion: The illustrious tale of a college student’s spirituality

Fiona Clair, Opinion Editor May 2, 2019

It’s hard to be religious in this world. Faith is such a beautiful thing, but all the escalating violence, retaliation and hate that have spread over the last few months (and years) centered around religious...

Photo Courtesy of Riley Tovornik

New Zealand Vigil Unites SLU Community

Savanah Seyer, Staff Writer April 3, 2019

Last week the Muslim Students Association held a vigil in honor of the victims of the recent terrorist attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Muslim students in attendance were called...

Photo Courtesy of Riley Tovornik

Atlas Week Keynote: John Quiñones

Meredyth Staunch, Editor-in-Chief April 3, 2019

Championed as the “face of doing the right thing” ABC news correspondent and current host of “What Would You Do?” John Quiñones knows what it is like to be on the wrong side of prejudicial remarks....

Photo Courtesy of Emma Carmody

HIJAB AWARENESS DAY at SLU

Tannock Blair, Associate News Editor April 3, 2019

In the midst of Atlas week this year was Hijab Awareness Day. The Muslim Students Association organized an event to mark the occasion, “Women’s Rights in Islam.” The discussion was introduced by...

After celebrating with a ritual and meal in Sinquefield
State Room, students headed over to the
Busch Student Center light the dark night with sparklers.

SLU Lights Up In Celebration of Diwali

Nirali Thakkar, Staff Writer November 2, 2017

For many, Jan. 1 signifies new resolutions and attitudes, but in Southeast Asia, Diwali, also Deepavali, is the day that marks new beginnings. Diwali consistently falls on the darkest day of the lunar...

Tying the knot, theologically

Tying the knot, theologically

[email protected] March 21, 2015

David Oughton, Ph.D., an associate professor of Theological Studies at SLU and founder of the St. Louis Dialogue Group of the World’s Religions and Philosophies, summed up the goals of the group at its...

St. Nicholas: Frescoes adorn the interior of this Eastern Orthodox church. Adnan Syed / Staff Writer

Faith in focus: A brief look at Eastern Orthodoxy

[email protected] November 21, 2014

The Orthodox Catholic Church, commonly known as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian church in the world. Its origin goes back to the earliest church established by St. Paul and...

Alex Garbin / Staff Photographer

Museum offers a unique look at Jesuit history

[email protected] April 18, 2013

Tucked away in the third floor of the Saint Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA) is a permanent exhibit on Jesuit history. The Collection of Western Jesuit Missions exhibit has been at SLUMA since 2001...

Photo courtesy of Andrew A. Shenouda

Copts and Muslims clash at famous cathedral in Egypt

[email protected] April 18, 2013

Since the overthrow of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Coptic Christians have witnessed a surge of recent sectarian violence against their community. On April 5, graffiti of crooked...

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2 Students reflect on weekly Shabbat dinners with JSA

[email protected] April 18, 2013

Sarah Friedman "Every Friday since my freshman year, I head to Washington University for Shabbat. I never thought that these dinners would become such a huge part of my life. When I first came to SLU,...

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