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This article discusses the "Dialogue on Option for Peace in the Mideast", a dialogue amongst Jews, Muslims and Christians on the situation in the Middle East which started in 1988. About 15-20 people participated in each dialogue session. Content varies by session, with sessions being held three to four times a semester.
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A poster advertising a talk on women's role in Islam. The text reads:
Women's Role in Islam
Speakers:
Tasneem Aghazi
(Curriculum Director at IQRA International)
Mehdi Khan
(Principle of Muslim Education Center)
&
Judith Wittner
(Director of Women Studies Program at Loyola University(
On Wednesday, October 23rd, 1991
At 7 pm
In Flanner Auditorium, Flanner Hall
Loyola University (Lake Shore Campus)
6525 N. Sheridan Ave. Chicago
Sponsors:
Muslim Students Association of Loyola University
Women Studies Program at Loyola University
Muslim Women Association of U. of I., Chicago
Muslim Students Association of Northeastern Ill. Univ.
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A poster printed on yellow paper advertising a talk organized by the American Muslim Students of Loyola University. The words on the poster read:
American Muslim Students of Loyola University Presents:
Misconceptions of Islam i.e. Jihad
Speakers:
Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim
Professor of History
at Loyola University, Chicago
and
Dr. Fareed Mohammed
Professor of Behavorial and Social Science
at East West University
on
Friday, March 1, 1991
At 7:30 p.m.
In
Crown Center 334
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This is an advertisement for a series of activities organized by Hillel at Loyola, Muslim students Association and the Arab-American Anti-discrimination Committee aimed at exploring options for peace in the Middle East . There is a silhouetted image of a bird carrying a branch in its beak.
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Urooba Khaleelullah puts a hijab on another student during the "Walk a Mile in Her Hijab" event at the Damen Student Center, Loyola University Chicago on Thursday, April 7, 2016. The event was part of Islam Appreciation Week which took place from April 4 to 8.
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Students skate during the Damen Tree Lighting event at Loyola University Chicago. A large decorated Christmas tree can be seen in the background.
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Rabbi Megan GoldMarche guides Hillel president, Tanya Bradley as she becomes a Bat Mitzvah in a mock ceremony held in McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall on March 30, 2017. Tanya had her actual Bat Mitzvah that weekend and took the opportunity to share the Jewish coming of age rituals during Jewish Education Week.
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Students gather behind Madonna della Strada Chapel for Via Crucis, an outdoor, bilingual Stations of the Cross Service conducted around Lake Shore Campus during Holy Week. A student is holding a large cross while two other students next to them are holding candles in covered candle cylinders.
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Students participate in the Hindu tradition of Aarti prayer during the interfaith Hindu Shabbat Dinner that was put on by Campus Ministry. A student is holding aloft a plate with lighted candles. The event took place in the Sister Jean Schmidt BVM Multi-purpose room.
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Loyola students and their families joined the Loyola community in the annual Family Mass held in the Gentile Arena as part of the Welcome Week events on August 25, 2016. Rev. D. Scott Hendrickson, S.J. presided over the mass.
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This is a welcome address given by Carol Frances Jegen, BVM, during the Nostra Aetate 20th anniversary celebrations.
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A student in cap and gown lights a tall candle with a taper as another student in cap and gown and three students in costumes look on.
During the annual Caroling and Candlelighting program, the President of the Student Activities Council at Mundelein would light the All-College Candle on the stage.
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The windows of this room are decked out in images of Santa, elves and candy canes.
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Reverend Ralph H. Talkin, S.J., sub-deacon, Reverend James J. Mert, S.J., celebrant (with outstretched hand), and Reverend Thomas F. Murray, S.J., deacon (with palms clasped together) performing the Blessing of the Crib at Madonna Della Strada.
The Blessing of the Crib Ceremony began in 1959 and marked the beginning of the Christmas season at Loyola.
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D.C. Newymark, S.A. Sucharoff, H. Haipern, A.D. Newberger and E. Frankel, members of the Alpha Zeta Gamma fraternity pose sitting and standing.
Alpha Zeta Gamma Fraternity was an honor society founded in 1911 to "further the social and intellectual interests of the Jewish dental student." It was chartered in Illinois and met every fortnight at the Chicago Hebrew Institute.
According to Marianne Rachel Sanua, author of Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945, the fraternity was absorbed by the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity in 1932.
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Diane Sargol writes in the student newspaper, Skyscraper, that Reverend Donald Rooney, a Navy chaplain stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Base, included several touches that made the Mass more meaningful to modern Catholics. These included having a discussion instead of a sermon following the Gospel, addressing each person by name while administering the sacrament of Communion and adjusting the call and response at the end of the Mass from one that was formulaic to one in which the priest urged celebrants to carry the word of Christ into the world and celebrants were recommended to respond with "Okay" to "I really will."
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This article in the student newspaper, Skyscraper, details the upcoming demonstration of an English Mass to be held at Mundelein's college theater on December 8, 1963. This event was open to the public. The Mass was translated into English and the music composed entirely in the vernacular by Dennis Fitzpatrick.
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Caption from Loyolan: Reverend William Finnegan, S.J., distributes Holy Communion to students at weekly Mass, which is an integral part of Loyola's spiritual life.
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Models of the three wise men on camels make their way from the front of Piper Hall (far left) to the Skyscraper. Under the wooden structure representing the barn are figures of a standing Joseph and a kneeling Mary with her hands outstretched. A lamb lies down at the feet of the figure of Joseph.
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This article in the student newspaper Skyscraper describes the various interfaith activities that Ann Ida Ganon, B.V.M, would be involved in.
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This article in the student newspaper Skyscraper contains details on the new Inter-Faith Religious Education Center at Mundelein College.
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This article in the student newspaper Loyola News details the first concelebrated mass at Loyola and also traces the history of the concelebrated mass.
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This article in the student newspaper Loyola News is from a note by Father George Von Kaenel, director of spiritual activities, to explain why retreat rules had been ended in the spirit of Vatican II.
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This article in the student newspaper Skyscraper contains the details of John Cogley's, religion editor of the New York Times, visit to Mundelein College. Cogley was to give a lecture on the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the laity and its continuing effects.
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This article in the student newspaper Loyola News lists the topics to be discussed at the second round of ecumenical forums at Loyola.
