Impacting the World
Academic Excellence, Faith In Action - Summer 2019KROC SCHOOL ESTABLISHES NEW PEACEBUILDING INITIATIVE
Milt Lauenstein has long sought world peace. He’s done his part by launching and supporting peacebuilding endeavors, including the Purdue Peace Project, which has successfully supported locally led peacebuilding … Read More
Beyond the Wall: A Better Life
Faith In Action - Summer 2019HEALTH SCREENING CRUCIAL FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AWAITING HEARINGS
On a rainy Saturday afternoon in San Diego’s Normal Heights, a church courtyard is empty but for puddles and a rotating digital sign that offers up notices … Read More
Sharing Faith and Service
Faith In Action - Summer 2019FRANCISCAN SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY RELOCATES TO USD
This summer, the Franciscan School of Theology (FST) will relocate to the University of San Diego campus from its current home in Oceanside, California. The graduate-level school has a … Read More
Beyond the Wall: Esprit de Corps
Faith In Action, videos - Summer 2019EXPLORING OUR SHARED HUMANITY THROUGH THE POWER OF SONG
Music is magical. As divisive rhetoric about the border inundates the news, music enables us to engage on a deeper level and to create solidarity — even when … Read More
Who Will I Become?
Faith In Action - Summer 2019SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS EXAMINE BIG QUESTIONS
An early morning begins with a not-so-simple question: “How do you want to be remembered?” Whatever the answer, the idea behind examining this question is about refocusing, contemplating and evaluating one’… Read More
An Extraordinary Exhibition
Academic Excellence, Faith In Action - Summer 2019USD’S HOEHN FAMILY GALLERIES TO PRESENT CHRIST: LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION
The University of San Diego’s Hoehn Family Galleries will host Christ: Life, Death and Resurrection, an exhibition of original Italian Renaissance … Read More
Beyond the Wall: Building Hope
Athletics, Faith In Action - Summer 2019BAJA SERVICE PROJECT MAKES LIFETIME CONNECTIONS FOR SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
In the quiet, pre-dawn hours of a fall morning in 2016, Chris McCready and 34 of his USD baseball teammates assembled at Fowler Park for a trip into the unknown.Read More
Beyond the Wall
Academic Excellence, Alumni, Faith In Action - Summer 2019DELVING DEEPER INTO THE SYMBIOSIS OF THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER
The ways that the country’s southern border can be viewed are as varied as sunlight refracting through the angles of a prism. But one … Read More
From the Ground Up
Faith In Action - Summer 2019, USD HistoryCORNERSTONES AND BUILDING BLOCKS MARK RENAISSANCE PLAN
The year 1949 was drawing to a close when the State of California ratified the charter of San Diego University — officially creating the San Diego College for Men, College for … Read More
Saving Lives (Times Two)
Alumni, Faith In Action - Summer 2019SHELTER TO SOLDIER PAIRS RESCUE DOGS WITH VETERANS IN NEED
There’s Riddler the Labrador and Marlow the Lab mix, Benny the cattle dog and Penny … well, your guess is as good as any. Each of those dogs, … Read More
Beyond the Wall: On the Frontlines
Alumni, Faith In Action - Summer 2019DIGGING FOR THE TRUTH AMID HEATED RHETORIC
Enrique Morones ‘02 (MSEL) has certainly heard about the national emergency declared on the southern border of the United States. But he hasn’t seen it.
“We’re on the … Read More
Food for the Soul
Athletics, Faith In Action - Spring 2019SERVING UP PIZZA AND A SPIRITUAL SPACE FOR SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
The floor of the Jenny Craig Pavilion has seen some intense competition. On Tuesday evenings in the Warren Room, a surprisingly charming rectangle of space a few … Read More
Father Martin Latiff and Philip Rivers on ESPN
Faith In Action, videos - Spring 2018USD’s Father Martin Latiff, Founders Chapel and Los Angeles Charger Philip Rivers are featured prominently in a recent ESPN video.
R.I.P. Father Dolan
Faith In Action - Fall 2018FATHER LARRY DOLAN, ’62 (BA), OFM passed away May 15, 2018 in Oceanside, California. A beloved member of the USD community for decades, Father Larry, 78, had been a priestfor 53 years.
In 1973, he served as an assistant professor of Religious … Read More
Out of the Shadows
Faith In Action - Fall 2018NEW INSTITUTE HELPS PEOPLE HEAR THOSE ASKING FOR HELP
Maybe more cries for help would be heard if more ears were trained to hear them.
The Catholic Institute for Mental Health Ministries — … Read More
