In the spotlight: Papal trip to Canada, Kentucky floods, Philippines earthquake
Photos of the Week: Aug. 1, 2022
Catholic University selling Dorothy dress to help school’s drama department
The costume, worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” was given to the theater department as a gift in 1973 and is now estimated to be worth $800,000 to $1.2 million.
Team crafts roof truss that could help guide rebuilding of Paris cathedral
After months of preparation, The Catholic University of America campus played host for two weeks to a 75-person crew that took logs transported from the mountains of Virginia, cut them into timbers and assembled the truss using tools and techniques employed nearly a millennium ago.
Photos of the Week: Aug. 9, 2021
In the spotlight: wildfires in Greece, 9/11 “Never Forget Walk,” Iowa pilgrimage
‘Angels Unawares’ sculpture comes to Minneapolis in August
The “Angels Unawares” sculpture created by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz will be on display in front of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis from Aug. 1-30.
Catholic University students call for dean ouster over Kavanaugh tweets
Some students, alumni and faculty members at The Catholic University of America in Washington are calling for the resignation of the dean of its National Catholic School of Social Service following a series of tweets he wrote criticizing women who accused embattled Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Thousands of Mother Teresa items archived by Catholic University
The Mother Teresa collection has a copy of Mother Teresa’s 1979 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, autographed by the founder of the Missionaries of Charity herself. There are also two copies of the Marvel Comics illustrated biography of her life, issued in 1983, one year after Marvel successfully published a comic-book biography of St. John Paul II and many more.
‘Krakow in the Capital’ to provide a World Youth Day experience in U.S.
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Thousands of young adults are expected to gather on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington July 30 for “Krakow […]