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Loyola, a former Jesuit residence, was converted into a 121-bed freshman residence hall over the last two years, affording all its incoming students comfortable accommodations, but the three roommates got a little something extra: room 415, the old quarters of Fordham’s president, Joseph M. McShane, S.J.
“I feel really lucky, when I first found out (on move-in day) that it was Father McShane’s old room,” Abigail Kedik said. “I was so excited, I almost took it as a sign that Despite the nerves I chose the right school.”
Kedik attended Guilderland High School in her home town of Altamont, N.Y. She plans to major in Political Science/International Studies with a minor in History or English. “I absolutely love living in Loyola. Besides the fact that the building is historic and gorgeous, the Manresa community is wonderful,” she said.
Father McShane lived in room 415 from 1992 to 1996, when he was dean of Fordham College at Rose Hill (he lived in Spellman Hall for the last two years of his tenure as dean, after the Jesuit community active in the University moved to Spellman). Father McShane extolled the room’s virtues when he met its new occupants at Move In this fall.
“The commute could not be beat! I just had to run down the stairs right outside my room and could be in my office in about five minutes,” Father McShane said. “One oddity of the room: I was awakened every morning at around 5 when the steam heat started up and the pipes banged to beat the band.”
“When I first saw how gorgeous Loyola is and the spacious room I would be living in, I was so grateful,” Leyla Maloney said. “I realized how lucky I was just to be in a newly renovated building, living with a close knit community, with Father Phil and the other RA’s and RD Alex, and most of all being a Manresa Scholar.”
Maloney is a cello player from Westchester, N.Y., and attended Somers High School in Lincolndale. She said Fordham exceeded her expectations. “My roommates are my two closest friends, my entire residence hall is a close-knit community, and my Professors are really devoted to their profession and their students.”
Sarah Kimball is from Simsbury, Conn., and attended Simsbury High School. She said she has already seen I’ve already seen eight plays and musicals since coming to New York, and has been to many different parts of the city so far.
“I am so thankful to everyone who has helped me get here,” Kimball said. “Being in room 415 is particularly special to us because it was Father McShane’s room… Living in Loyola Hall is absolutely wonderful and I will be so sad when I have to move out at the end of the year!”
Jesuits called Loyola Hall home from 1928 to 2012, when the University purchased the building from the Society of Jesus, as it was making a transition to smaller Jesuit communities. In addition to students, the refurbished Loyola houses the residential life office, social and study lounges, a chapel, two Integrated Learning Community classrooms, and a community laundry facility.
“Father McShane said that Fordham is doing its job wrong if we are the same people at graduation day that we were on the first day of school,” Kimball said. “Thanks to Fordham, I have already noticed myself changing into the person I want to become.
]]>Now Fordham is buying the Gothic building that served as a Jesuit residence since 1928 for classroom and administrative use.
“In everybody’s head this makes sense,” said Thomas Smith, S.J., superior at Loyola. “We’re aging. The building could really be put toward better use. In the hearts of people, it’s been home for many, many years. It’s a hard move. There’s a lot of sadness.”
Loyola, which once housed more than 100 Jesuit priests, is now home to slightly more than 20. Those priests will move to other Jesuit communities around the Rose Hill campus.
“Generations of Jesuits have worked here, prayed here, argued their ideas here,” David Ciancimino, S.J., provincial superior of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus, said during a homily at a Mass on April 22 at Loyola to mark the occasion. “We know we are adapting to changing times, changing demographics and a changing world.”
Father Ciancimino recalled the “spectrum of personalities” who lived at Loyola, sparking laughter, and the unprecedented increase in numbers in the 1950s and 1960s.
The move marks a transition to smaller Jesuit communities, said Peter Schineller, S.J., archivist for the New York Province of the Society of Jesus.
“This was the most important house of the province because of the people who lived here, the numbers,” Father Schineller said. “This in some ways marks the end of an era.”
Loyola Hall was one of several buildings constructed at Fordham in the years before the Great Depression.
“There’s never been a building boom like that in the history of the University,” said Robert Grimes, S.J., dean of Fordham College at Lincoln Center.
Father Grimes said when he recently walked through Loyola Hall it felt strange not to encounter anyone. That stood in contrast to when he arrived.
“It was a very big community,” Father Grimes said. “Moving into a community of over 100 Jesuits is a little intimidating.”
Father Grimes recalled after Avery Dulles was made a cardinal there was a service and dinner. Suddenly the double doors swung open at adjacent Faber Hall.
“There was Avery Dulles in his full array of robes. It was quite a spectacle,” Father Grimes said.
Joseph Dolan, S.J., FCRH ’39, said Father Dulles, before he was a cardinal but was a well-known theologian, would cover for him at Mass at a local parish when he was busy. Dulles, who died in 2008, celebrated Mass for another priest even as a cardinal, Father Dolan said.
“That was the kind of person he was,” Father Dolan said.
At the dinner table, Father Dolan said, if someone mentioned the cardinal, referring to Edward Cardinal Egan, Cardinal Dulles would quip, “which cardinal are you talking about?”
Loyola Hall was also known for the hospitality it offered countless guests.
“I just felt at home here,” said Daniel Fitzpatrick, S.J., who lived at Loyola for 20 years until last year. “Anybody I ever brought to visit, they always felt so welcome.”
Vincent Novak, S.J., founding dean of Fordham’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, said Loyola is where Jesuits carried out their commitment to a simple lifestyle, living in a single room with a shared bathroom down the hall.
“People should know Jesuit life is not one of opulence,” Father Novak said. “We live very simply. People often don’t understand how simplicity of lifestyle can be a joy.”
Father Dolan, who at 95 still celebrates Mass, said he enjoys his view of the campus, but understands the move.
“We’re not brokenhearted,” said Father Dolan, a former professor of philosophy who has lived at Loyola for decades. “We’re ready for this.”
]]>debated, watched sports together and carried out their commitment to a simple lifestyle. University presidents and Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., were among the residents.
Now Fordham is buying the Gothic building that served as a Jesuit residence since 1928 for classroom and administrative use.
“In everybody’s head this makes sense,” said Thomas Smith, S.J., superior at Loyola. “We’re aging. The building could really be put toward better use. In the hearts of people, it’s been home for many, many years. It’s a hard move. There’s a lot of sadness.”
Loyola, which once housed more than 100 Jesuit priests, is now home to slightly more than 20. Those priests will move to other Jesuit communities around the Rose Hill campus.
“Generations of Jesuits have worked here, prayed here, argued their ideas here,” David Ciancimino, S.J., provincial superior of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus, said during a homily at a Mass on April 22 at Loyola to mark the occasion. “We know we are adapting to changing times, changing demographics and a changing world.”
Father Ciancimino recalled the “spectrum of personalities” who lived at Loyola, sparking laughter, and the unprecedented increase in numbers in the 1950s and 1960s.
The move marks a transition to smaller Jesuit communities, said Peter Schineller, S.J., archivist for the New York Province of the Society of Jesus.
“This was the most important house of the province because of the people who lived here, the numbers,” Father Schineller said. “This in some ways marks the end of an era.”
Loyola Hall was one of several buildings constructed at Fordham in the years before the Great Depression.
“There’s never been a building boom like that in the history of the University,” said Robert Grimes, S.J., dean of Fordham College at Lincoln Center.
Photo by Nicholas Lombardi, S.J.
Father Grimes said when he recently walked through Loyola Hall it felt strange not to encounter anyone. That stood in contrast to when he arrived.
“It was a very big community,” Father Grimes said. “Moving into a community of over 100 Jesuits is a little intimidating.”
Father Grimes recalled after Avery Dulles was made a cardinal there was a service and dinner. Suddenly the double doors swung open at adjacent Faber Hall.
“There was Avery Dulles in his full array of robes. It was quite a spectacle,” Father Grimes said.
Joseph Dolan, S.J., FCRH ’39, said Father Dulles, before he was a cardinal but was a well-known theologian, would cover for him at Mass at a local parish when he was busy. Dulles, who died in 2008, celebrated Mass for another priest even as a cardinal, Father Dolan said.
“That was the kind of person he was,” Father Dolan said.
At the dinner table, Father Dolan said, if someone mentioned the cardinal, referring to Edward Cardinal Egan, Cardinal Dulles would quip, “which cardinal are you talking about?”
Loyola Hall was also known for the hospitality it offered countless guests.
“I just felt at home here,” said Daniel Fitzpatrick, S.J., who lived at Loyola for 20 years until last year. “Anybody I ever brought to visit, they always felt so welcome.”
Vincent Novak, S.J., founding dean of Fordham’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, said Loyola is where Jesuits carried out their commitment to a simple lifestyle, living in a single room with a shared bathroom down the hall.
“People should know Jesuit life is not one of opulence,” Father Novak said. “We live very simply. People often don’t understand how simplicity of lifestyle can be a joy.”
Father Dolan, who at 95 still celebrates Mass, said he enjoys his view of the campus, but understands the move.
“We’re not brokenhearted,” said Father Dolan, a former professor of philosophy who has lived at Loyola for decades. “We’re ready for this.”