Mount St. Mary's University Archives

Baltimore priests working to reverse decline in confession in novel ways
- Mar 7, 2020
Usually offered in the middle of the weekend on Saturday afternoons, confession can be a hard sell for busy Catholics. The subject matter, sin, also can be a stumbling block in a culture that can be, at times, too enamored with accentuating the positive.

By Tim Swift
Restorative justice seen as a critical piece of criminal justice reform
- Apr 27, 2018
Restorative justice should be advocated as a key element in criminal justice reform, according to participants at an April 25 conference in Washington sponsored by the Catholic Mobilizing Network, which champions restorative justice as well as an end to the death penalty.

By Mark Pattison
Future priests must be able to ‘see where mercy is needed,’ says Vatican representative
- Mar 19, 2018
The apostolic nuncio to the United States challenged an audience of seminarians, faculty and staff at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary to see future priests not as functionaries of the sacred or managers of a business, but as compassionate pastors and missionaries who joyfully announce the Gospel.

By George P. Matysek Jr.

'Drown the bunnies' president out at Mount St. Mary's

Mar 1, 2016

The president of a Catholic university who invoked an image of drowning bunnies when talking about struggling students is out of a job. The board of trustees at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland released a statement late Monday announcing that Simon Newman has resigned from his job effective immediately.

By Michael O'Loughlin

Mount St. Mary’s and the future of Catholic higher education

Feb 25, 2016

The controversy at Mount St. Mary’s, a Catholic university in Emmitsburg, Maryland, made headlines for weeks: A brutally blunt new president, his plan to boost retention numbers by getting rid of poor-performing students early, the firing of professors who disagreed with him, and a faculty vote of no-confidence in his

By mathew-schmalz

Mount St. Mary's president is back at work

Feb 15, 2016

Despite a vote of no confidence and demands that he step down by 9 a.m. Monday, Mount St. Mary’s University President Simon Newman is back at work – with the university saying students support the controversial leader. A university spokesman confirmed to the Frederick News Post that Newman had not

By Michael O'Loughlin