National Eucharistic Revival
Exalting the Mystery of Faith
This summer, students, faculty, and staff of the University of Mary joined parishioners of the Diocese of Bismarck on a pilgrimage to the 10th National Eucharistic Congress, held from July 17–21, 2024 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our president, Monsignor James Shea, delivered a rousing address on the main stage; two friends of the university, Ken and Mary Ann Duppong, told the moving life story of their daughter, Servant of God Michelle Duppong; and those members of our community who attended returned to Bismarck with a new zeal for Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.
The closing of July’s Congress inaugurated the third year of the National Eucharistic Revival — the Year of Mission. We at the University of Mary remain as committed as ever to our core tasks of service and evangelization as well as the spread of both the Revival and devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist.
It’s time for faithful Catholics to stop trying to live for God. Instead, we should start living from Him. The Body and Blood of the Lord is the source of our life, our energy, our joy. So let’s eat and drink here and every day to our heart’s content, and then let’s rush out into a starving world and tell everybody we meet, ‘Starving people, listen! We found where the food is!’
Cause for Michelle’s Sainthood
On June 16, 2022, Bishop David Kagan of the Diocese of Bismarck opened an official cause for Michelle’s canonization.
Prime Matters, an educational outreach project of the University of Mary, offers a faithfully Christian, joyfully Catholic, and gratefully Benedictine perspective on both perennial questions and contemporary debates.
Fortifying Hearts
To support the advancement of the National Eucharistic Revival, Cappella, the University of Mary’s scholarshipped chapel choir, commissioned one devotional work each from world-renowned composers Michael John Trotter and Philip Stopford.
Equipping Saints
From Christendom to Apostolic Mission and The Religion of the Day analyze the unique character of our post-Christian historical moment and outline strategies for awakening a weary world to the Catholic vision of reality.
ND High School Pilgrims to Appear in Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age
In June 2024, a videographer from Seattle's Castletown Media accompanied a group of 152 students from the Diocese of Bismarck’s high schools on a 10-day pilgrimage in Rome organized by the University of Mary. He documented their journey to the Eternal City and captured their stop in Assisi, where they knelt at the tomb of soon-to-be-canonized “saint for our times” Blessed Carlo Acutis.
Leading the Way in Online Catholic Education
A longtime innovator in online education for working adults, the University of Mary leads the nation’s Catholic colleges and universities in number of graduate programs endorsed by the Cardinal Newman Society in The Newman Guide.
