What do Star Wars characters, local firefighters, and sports team mascots all have in common? They will all participate in The Cure It Foundation's 5th Annual Fire Up A Cure event on Saturday, July 30 that brings together nearly 25 teams of firefighters from across Illinois competing in a series of challenges.

Saint Xavier University's (SXU) Department of History and Political Science Assistant Professor Chris Fojtik has been named a 2016 Fellow of the Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization at Northwestern University.

As we progress through the Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis, University Ministry offers our community a "Mercy Word of the Week" to help us focus on the themes of mercy that are already so closely aligned to our mission and heritage as an institution sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.

Check out what Dr. Christopher Appelt had to say about the neighborhood bat population.