Marquette University Names First-ever James Foley Scholar

On the one-year anniversary of James Foley’s tragic death, Marquette University’s J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication has announced Jacob Zelinski as its first-ever James Foley Scholarship recipient. Zelinski, who will begin his freshman year next week at Marquette, graduated this spring from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy.

Social Justice Film Contest for College Undergrads Announced by ISN and America Media

America Media and the Ignatian Solidarity Network announce a brand new social justice film contest, Voices From the Margins ’15. College undergraduates are invited to create short films focused on a wide breadth of topics, including — but not limited to — poverty, immigration, race and gender, human life issues and human rights, the environment and ecology.
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Archbishop Wenski Welcomes New Carbon Pollution Standards, Citing Need To ‘Care For God’s Creation’

“A new national standard to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants is an important step forward to protect the health of all people, especially children, the elderly, and poor and vulnerable communities, from harmful pollution and the impacts of climate change,” said Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of a new final rule limiting carbon pollution, August 3.