Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

CARNES: Humility and Humor from Generations Past

By Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. February 7, 2013

Last weekend, I spent some time in the Jesuit cemetery here on campus. As part of a tour for seniors and their parents, I walked among the graves and told the stories of several of the Jesuits buried there. I...

FISCHER: Our Past and Present Fight

By Michael Fischer March 26, 2012

In the center of Georgetown stands a cemetery. The Jesuit cemetery embodies the reality of death. Neither the compiling of facts and knowledge nor the training of the body and mind for careers can be...

Holy Rood Cemetery

By Michelle Cassidy October 7, 2011

Holy Rood: A Cemetery With a Tell-Tale Heart

By Jonathan Gillis October 7, 2011

Holy Rood Cemetery has all the looks of a haunted graveyard. Perched at the crest of a hill and held above Wisconsin Avenue by a stone wall, the cemetery looks from the street like the setting of an...

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