Mount St. Marys University News

“We have a glorious national shrine on our campus and now we are blessed to welcome the hundreds of thousands who annually visit the Grotto,” said University President Thomas H. Powell.

Two Mount St. Mary's award-winning athletes will begin working for The Cardinal Newman Society this summer.

Mount St. Mary's University President Thomas H. Powell made public today his decision to retire.  Dr. Powell will step down after the 2013-14 academic year.

Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, recently announced that Baltimore Archbishop William Lori will deliver the University's 205th commencement address on May 12.

"Despite assurances from the Administration to the contrary, this mandate would still insist that every employee at Catholic universities and colleges be enrolled in an insurance regiment that includes abortion causing drugs," said Monsignor Stuart Swetland.

For the second year in a row, Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, has been included in the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

Mount St. Mary's University President Thomas H. Powell recently expressed the delight of the University community at the news of the elevation of Mount St. Mary's Seminary Rector Msgr. Steven P. Rohlfs, S.T.D. to the rank of Protonotary Apostolic.

While official figures haven’t yet been released, organizers estimate that between 500,000 and 600,000 people participated in the Jan. 25 March for Life in Washington, D.C.

This week’s 40th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade ruling is marked by the participation tomorrow of several faithful Catholic colleges and universities in the Washington, D.C., March for Life.

Many Catholic colleges and universities are taking part in the “Year of Faith” proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, with spiritual and academic activities aimed at strengthening faith on campus, according to a new report published by The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS).

The Cardinal Newman Society today released the 2012-2013 edition of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College with significant new features, as well as a new companion magazine for Catholic high school students and their parents titled My Future, My Faith.

Three colleges that appear in The Newman Guide for their fidelity to Catholic teaching were recently honored by the American Council of College Trustees and Alumni for the strength of their curriculum. Many others received high marks as well.

The Cardinal Newman Society has signed and helped organize Catholic college signers for a court brief in support of lawsuits filed against the Obama administration by Belmont Abbey College and Wheaton College.

The criteria used in most college rankings, like the ones newly released by U.S. News & World Report, don’t include some of the most important factors for Catholic families choosing a college.  These include quality of the core curriculum, study in authentic Catholic theology and philosophy, interdisciplinary study, ethical formation, morality of campus life, and more.

Courage International is hosting a meeting for Catholic and Christian therapists this Saturday, July 21, during the group’s annual conference at Mount St. Mary’s College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

In a strongly-worded open letter to President Barack Obama, Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland voiced its protest of the federal government mandate requiring the provision of sterilization, contraception and abortion-inducing drugs in all health care plans as part of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Rector: he has all the external signs of making a good priest

Benedictine College hired Christendom's former Dean of Student Life.

"to help people find a friendship with God"

Msgr. Stuart Swetland, vice president for mission at Mount St. Mary's University . . .

14-Month Celebration to Kick-Off on August 22nd