Tagged jesuit

On Feb. 14, the Vatican reported that Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital due to a concerning and worsening respiratory emergency. Though seemingly sudden and unexpected, the symptoms...

A year ago, to this day, if you opened the front page of the Fairfield University website you would be met with the five-word phrase: The Modern Jesuit Catholic University. The first thing the university...

As a Jesuit university, faith on campus is a pivotal part of Fairfield’s atmosphere, and this is present in the devotion that many students have to attending Mass. Every Sunday night at 7:30 p.m., the Egan...

On the first Sunday of the semester, Sept. 1, I attended the 7:30 p.m. Mass at Egan Chapel. To my surprise, the chapel was packed.  With every seat taken, people had to stand along the aisles for the...

An anonymous note posted to the Women, Gender and Sexuality (WGSS) bulletin board in Donnarumma Hall reads: “This is a Catholic University. You are teaching doctrine that goes against the Bible, and God’s...

Campus Ministry continues their partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters to establish meaningful relationships between Fairfield University students and younger children, as well as build each child’s true...

This fall students will have the unique opportunity to explore what it means to be a student “for and with others” by applying to Fairfield University’s Peace Corps Prep Program – open to all years and...

On the evening of April 6, I, alongside various other students, faculty and members of the Fairfield community, gathered at the Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola to hear Father John O’Malley, S.J.,...

After suffering a massive fire in their rental home just before the first week of classes on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 2, University President Mark R. Nemec, Ph.D. and his family continue to be hopeful...

When Fairfield announced that there would be a search for the University’s next president, speculation began as to whether the president would be a Jesuit or layperson. The question was answered on April 25...