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July 30, 2020

Loyola University Maryland removes Flannery O'Connor's name from hall

A residence hall formerly named for Flannery O'Connor at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore is seen in this undated photo. It is being renamed for Sister Thea Bowman.

BALTIMORE -- Thirteen years after naming a new residence hall at Loyola University Maryland in honor of the Catholic author Flannery O'Connor, Jesuit Father Brian Linnane, the university's president, removed the writer's name from the building.

Published in International
February 23, 2017

Comment: Writers who capture beauty of our faith

Dorothy Day is one of the great Catholic writers who led Charles Lewis to the Catholic Church.

For many years I have enjoyed a group of Catholic writers who hit their stride roughly in the middle of the 20th century.

Published in Charles Lewis