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Loyola Press’s Colleen Fahey, a Marquette grad, combed through the Forbes list of the 600 best colleges and universities and pulled out the Jesuit schools. Here’s her list: #27 Boston College #39 College of the Holy Cross #52 Georgetown University #115 Santa Clara University #130 Loyola University in Maryland #121 Xavier University #131 Rockhurst University [...]
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I recently took my girls to the drive-in to see the remake of a film I enjoyed when I was younger–The Karate Kid. Now, several days removed from seeing it, I find myself struck by how much it resonates with a key Ignatian theme. First, a note for parents: there are some hard scenes for [...]
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A prof at Loyola Marymount, a Muslim, eulogizes Coach John Wooden of UCLA as an exemplar of Ignatian values. (H/T to Jim Campbell.) A teacher at heart, he cared about his players not so much as athletes, but as students with promise and potential. That’s something that fits in perfectly with the Jesuit and Marymount [...]
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The Wall Street Journal admires the Cristo Rey network of schools. A blog you should check out: Days of Deepening Friendship. They’re discussing Tim Muldoon’s book, Longing to Love over there. What happens when Jesuit colleges play each other in basketball. The Jesuits open seldom-seen houses in Rome, including rooms where Ignatius lived. A business [...]
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The top 10 moments in the history of Jesuit postseason basketball. (Two of them involve Al McGuire.) NBC News profiles a remarkable community service program at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. Paul Lickteig, SJ, has some questions about Jesus. (Did he ever forget what he was supposed to do?) Michael Magree’s favorite sad songs [...]
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For many years basketball has been the top sport at most of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the US. An all-star team of Jesuit alumni could beat just about anybody. This might be a bit of a down year for Jesuit basketball. Only two teams–Georgetown and Gonzaga–are currently ranked in the top 25 [...]
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Time magazine profiles University of Detroit Jesuit High School, the only Catholic college-prep school left in the city. Last year, 99 percent of its graduates were accepted into college. Most students volunteer some of their time in community projects. Students are told hundreds of times during their education at U of D that they are [...]
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The Jesuit Virtual Learning Academy, an ambitious venture in online education, recently celebrated its first year of operation. The JVLA provides online for-credit courses, workshops, lectures and other learning opportunities for students at Jesuit high schools. It also offers faculty at those schools online professional development and collaboration opportunities. Courses are those not usually offered [...]
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This week classes start at 22 US high schools that are part of the Cristo Rey network, an innovative and highly successful model for urban education. Cristo Rey schools serve the urban poor. 99 percent of their graduates go to college. The schools are partly financed through their students’ paid internships at local businesses. Many [...]
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Can you name all 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the US? Test your knowledge here. I thought I knew them all, but I missed four. Share or bookmark this post:
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