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Plains of the ancient city of Acre, Israel

Plains of the ancient city of Acre, Israel

[email protected] November 15, 2012

Madrid professor discusses  SLU’s archeological project Carolina A. Aznar, professor of archaeology and biblical studies at SLU’s Madrid Campus, presented on The Southern Plain of Akko...

Fr. John Kavanaugh remembered by colleague, friend

Fr. John Kavanaugh remembered by colleague, friend

[email protected] November 15, 2012

John F. Kavanaugh, S.J. was a Jesuit in every sense of the word and he was it to perfection. John was first and foremost a member of this elite society of visionaries, missionaries, scholars, teachers...

Bishop chosen as 118th Coptic Pope

Bishop chosen as 118th Coptic Pope

[email protected] November 15, 2012

The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt selected its 118th pope on Nov.4 after a young, blindfolded boy picked out a slip of paper out of a chalice with Bishop Tawadros’ name on it. Early Sunday...

A brief look into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

A brief look into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

[email protected] October 25, 2012

Missourians are putting up Romney/Ryan signs in their front yards. They have come a long way to be accepting of the Mormon faith, a different attitude than the 1883 Missourians, wherein an estimated...

Church celebrates fiftieth anniversary of Vatican II

Church celebrates fiftieth anniversary of Vatican II

[email protected] October 25, 2012

Newman Convocation assembles St. Louis’ theologians and scholars   After exactly 50 years of the Second Vatican Council, the Newman Convocation brought back memories for some attendees. The...

Politics, religion intertwine

Politics, religion intertwine

[email protected] October 25, 2012

Speaker focuses on religion and social discourse   Last Wednesday, Oct. 17, the Religion and Politics Symposium was held here at Saint Louis University in Boileau Hall. The Symposium,...

WATCH: Annual Campus Ministry retreat englightens students in nature

WATCH: Annual Campus Ministry retreat englightens students in nature

[email protected] October 25, 2012

On the weekend of the Sept. 28, a group of SLU students left for a weekend of fellowship and reflection in nature. The retreat, led by the Marguerite and Pruellage campus minister, Patrick Cousins, was...

Solidarity Bridge in Plock, Poland

The power of solidarity trumps fear

[email protected] September 27, 2012

Just last month there was a burning of a mosque in Joplin, Mo., and at the same time, there were a series of attacks on mosques through the U.S., and six Sikhs were murdered  in what police described...

President’s Interfaith Challenge: Year Two

President’s Interfaith Challenge: Year Two

[email protected] September 27, 2012

Last Wednesday, Saint Louis University students were invited to speak about their experiences with The President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge as a whole for its first year,...

Vandy professor discusses ‘New’ Testament

Vandy professor discusses ‘New’ Testament

[email protected] September 27, 2012

Amy-Jill Levine, Ph.D, a New Testament professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School, spoke for over an hour on Sunday at the Aquinas Institute of Theology. Levine, a practicing Orthodox Jew, discussed a...

Hindu students observe Ganesh Chaturithi

Hindu students observe Ganesh Chaturithi

[email protected] September 27, 2012

Ganesh Chaturithi is a religious holiday in Hinduism. It is a celebration of the birth or rebirth of Lord Ganesh, a Hindu deity widely depicted in pictures as the elephant-headed god. The day usually...

Aerial view from the inside of Saint Louis University’s Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, featuring the Patrick Graham Exhibit. The exhibit will last until December 16. (Adnan Syed / Religion Editor)

MOCRA presents retrospective of celebrated Irish painter

[email protected] September 27, 2012

On Sunday, Sept. 23, Saint Louis University’s Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) opened its exhibit, “Patrick Graham: Thirty Years – The Silence Becomes the Painting.” Patrick...

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