Editor’s Blog

The editor of this university’s magazine did not attend this university. The editor of this university’s magazine occasionally regrets that. He particularly feels it at the university’s annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, which is occurring this very weekend. Last night, the editor was invited to sit in on part of the dinner reception for the graduates […]

There were neighborhoods in this country in the ’50s and ’60s where no one’s kids went to Notre Dame University, yet, it seemed, everybody rooted for the Irish. Mine was one. In my Irish Catholic Philadelphia parish, you’d think we had produced more Domers than priests. But here’s the score on that point, as best […]

You know the freeway connector from the 110 S carpool lane to the 105 W to LAX? It’s what the avenue to heaven should be like: graceful, sweeping, a short trip through a holy atmosphere. Down in Long Beach, there’s a ramp from the 405 N to Orange St. Lined by shrubs and grasses, it […]

The black phone on my desk rang. I picked it up. “Is this Joe Wakelee-Lynch, editor of LMU Magazine?” a man asked. “I have something for you.” His voice sounded urgent. Maybe too urgent. An editor gets used to the phone ringing out of the blue. Could be your mother, could be your worst enemy. […]

I’ve been reading the new book about Ignatian spirituality called “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life.” It’s by James Martin, S.J. Perhaps you’ve come across him or the very effective publicity campaign that’s getting him through media clutter. I’ve heard him on NPR and seen at least two reviews in […]

Welcome to the new LMU Magazine website. For the past year, we’ve conducted a lengthy review and redesign of Vistas magazine, Vistas Online and LMU’s monthly alumni e-newsletter. We took into account the opinions of LMU’s many constituencies: alumni, university leaders, representatives of LMU’s founding religious traditions, faculty and staff. In fall 2009, we surveyed […]