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True Presence In Lisbon

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World Youth Day World Youth Day is not for the faint of heart. Inevitably, participating will involve sore feet, heavy bags, uncertain weather events, irregular meals and intensely crowded public transportation. In Portugal, our UST students experienced all these things plus record heat, sunburn, wildfire smoke, getting lost, fatigue and waiting hours in line for…

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Amen

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“This new agreement is groundbreaking,” noted UST’s Associate Vice President for International Relations & Engagement Hans Stockton, “it launches the first academic collaboration between American and Mexican universities in which the academic focus is on masters degrees taught entirely in Spanish.”

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We Are UST

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We are the only Catholic university in Houston. We are special. We are unique. We are an inflection point for the world’s future leaders in medicine, engineering, business, entrepreneurship, marketing, diplomacy, cybersecurity, theology, and so much more.

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Imagination To Impressionism

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Celebrating the realized imagination of a major partnership opportunity for the Art History Department, the University warmly welcomed the Allbritton Art Institute into the UST family at a special reception and inaugural lecture. With the new relationship comes a library of 4,000 art books and funding for students to study abroad, world-class art lecturers, scholarships, and a new faculty position in Art History.

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Theology Live

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The newly re-vamped Master of Arts in Theology program – created for laypeople- prepares graduates to guide people to the truth, defend the faith and deepen their spirituality. A new in-person, online (with live professors) and on-demand format keeps the conversations flowing. Experience TheologyLive.

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Legacy of Love

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Active as alumni, donors and students, newlyweds Connie Little ’61 and Lowell Davis, M.Ph ’10, worked with UST’s Planned Giving Office to handle Connie’s estate planning and now, Lowell’s will and bequest to UST through a new free tool, Freewill.

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Ad Multos Annos: To Many More Years

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On Saturday, May 4, 2024, the University of St. Thomas will host several hundred guests for its annual Scholarship Gala, this one honoring His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, in celebration of his 75th birthday. The event will transform the ballroom at the Hilton Americas Hotel in downtown Houston into a grand Italian piazza, in.

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Cultivating Faith

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For Theresa Pham, B.A. ’05, MBA Finance ’08, and Master of Accounting ’10, everything is coming up roses. No, really. On her 10-acre Life in Rose Farm in the old part of Magnolia, Texas, Pham has planted 5,000 one-of-a-kind, European rose bushes in the last two years.

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