Alex Nemec
Mission Week to be permanently moved to last week of September
Marquette’s Mission Week, an annual event to study, listen, discuss and pray to become better informed and transformed human beings at Marquette University, will move permanently from its usual time in early February to the last week in September, the university announced today.
Marquette helping clergy find friends, colleagues to help with pastoral adversity
Members of the clergy are driven to help their communities. They listen to confessions, counsel their parishioners through hardship and care for the communities they serve. Often, those same clergy struggle with the burden of the work they are entrusted to do in spreading God’s word.
Marquette leads Midwest Province in Jesuit vocations
The Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus has announced that Marquette University leads the Midwest region in Jesuit vocations since 2000.
Marquette University classes canceled March 16 due to severe weather
Marquette University classes are canceled Monday, March 16, 2026, due to severe weather conditions in the greater Milwaukee area. All classes are canceled regardless of modality – in-person, synchronous and asynchronous online. The university is operational, but the following and other areas may have reduced hours or services: Employees who are able to work remotely may do so with supervisor approval. If an…
Marquette students break their fast at Taswi
This year, Ramadan and Lent overlap. Marquette students have a remarkable opportunity to discover that breaking bread together is a powerful way to connect with one another, learn from each other, and build bridges across cultures and communities. The Turkish-American community in the Milwaukee area opened its doors to Marquette students to experience the richness and diversity of our human family. The students witnessed the hosts’ rendition of the adhan (call to…
Marquette University Occupational Therapy wins AOTF St. Catherine Challenge
The American Occupational Therapy Foundation has announced Marquette University’s Occupational Therapy doctorate program as the winner of its annual St. Catherine Challenge. The St. Catherine Challenge is a national student-led fundraising initiative. Proceeds from the challenge support occupational therapy research grants awarded by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Marquette’s OT students outraised over 60 other occupational therapy programs across the nation to earn the top…
Educational, engaging discussions highlight the importance of health education during Global Brigades trip
On a humid, sunny day in Coclé, Panama, the sound of soccer balls skipping across cement fills the air. Children run around with faces full of stickers, the sound of their laughter echoing off the cinderblock walls. Coloring sheets flutter in the breeze as unattended crayons roll away. It looks like a school, maybe a midday recess period. But instead, those sounds are the result of Marquette University students and their work volunteering…
Campus receives ashes to begin Lenten season
Campus community members received their ashes this morning at Mass in Chapel of the Holy Family to begin the Lenten season.
A deeper experience for this Lenten season
Lent is a time to practice prayer, fasting and acts of charity. Let’s take a closer look at fasting. What is the Catholic scriptural idea of fasting? Here’s what God says about it in Isaiah (58:5-7). So often, Christians think about giving up things for the 40 days of Lent. Some people give up chocolate, coffee or candy. In Isaiah’s time, they wore sackcloth and covered themselves…
Calling strangers friends in Panama
Earlier this year, Biological Sciences major and Urban Scholar MaHailey Stephens traveled to Panama with Marquette’s Medical Global Brigades service trip to provide sustainable health care to local community members. While there, she reflected on how this year’s Ignatian theme of “I have called you friends” was present throughout her work and how she’ll carry the lessons she learned with her for years to come. Global Brigades embodies our Ignatian…