Posted on 04/20/2015 6:47:16 AM PDT by marshmallow
8 new “Catholic identity schools” since 2000 as dozens more renew themselves
A Spanish Marxist once famously said, “Give me 10 universities, and I'll change the face of Europe.”
It happened exactly as he said.
So it is significant to note that there is a major Catholic higher education revolution underway in the United States and Canada.
Eight new Catholic identity colleges have been founded since 2000 and more than 20 American colleges are promoting their Catholic identity — and that number could as much as double in the next 10 years.
I work at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where we have seen 18 years of enrollment increases and opened 10 new dorms and three new academic buildings in the last 10 years. We regularly see new schools joining the “Catholic identity” club — and hear rumors of others who want to.
Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society, told me he has noticed the same thing: “My hopeful prediction is that we might have upwards of 30-40 colleges and universities that have the standards of the current Newman Guide colleges in the next 10 years.”
“Today with the heightened competition especially with state universities, and the serious concerns about cost of education, colleges have had to do everything they can to distinguish themselves,” he said. “A lot of Catholic colleges are realizing that their Catholic identity is not just an obligation of their mission but is also a real marketing advantage.”
Six new schools have been started in the United States since 2000: Augustine Institute, a graduate school in Denver; Ave Maria in Florida; Holy Spirit College graduate school in Atlanta; John Paul the Great in San Diego, Calif.; and Wyoming Catholic College.
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Heartening news.
As Notre Dame and Georgetown sink further into the mire....
Alumni should stop their contributions until there is a turnaround. But are Godly principals as important as football and political science?
“As Notre Dame and Georgetown sink further into the mire....”
Indeed.
The prime diff between these two formerly Catholic universities and the pond scum that is Harvard is that Harvard is slightly less left wing.
Here on Steubenville, Franciscan University is making up for them.
The only purpose served by the existence of a Catholic College is to be authentically Catholic in its mission.
I will never forgive them for when they covered up our Lord for Obama’s sake.
We live about 50 miles from Benedictine College and I know several folks who have gone there. It’s a wonderful resource for our archdiocese.
**Alumni should stop their contributions until there is a turnaround.**
BTTT! Everyone stop.
I want a John Paul The Great sweatshirt!
I went to a “Catholic” university. Most of its faculty supported abortion. The Catholic Church needs to decertify every single university that has “Catholic” in its title and make them re-apply for certification to prove that they actually are, remotely Catholic.
By the time our new Pope is finished I fear that the Catholic Church will no longer be Catholic.
I think that is the biggest point. Catholics desperately want a conservative or even Orthodox Catholic university.
One that has strict adherence to morality and spiritual values. “Diversity” of religions, morals, ethics and debate are not wanted. There is no reason for students to be taught by Muslims, Protestants, atheists, or those that teach heterodoxy or outright heresy.
That those subjects are even mentioned, it is only from the Catholic perspective of what they really are, not what they say they are.
A school is defined as much or even more by what it does *not* permit, than what it promulgates.
Students should graduate motivated and capable of getting good jobs, then getting married and having families, raising their children in their faith.
Unfortunately, the University of Dayton offsets them. Despite being a Catholic (Marianist) university, it’s more like Notre Dame’s lesser twin in terms of its students and staff.
Students end up making St. Patrick’s Day look like a small riot. The staff seem to be more interested in the business side of things, given their purchases of former NCR Corporation land - especially the shiny (former) World Headquarters building - and pursuing international students.
The good part is that they’re less of a party school than they have been in the past.
I learned how to think and write, plus I got enough knowledge to be able to defend my faith.
U of Dallas is a fantastic school. My oldest daughter graduated from UD in 2011. They offer the Rome semester in the sophomore year and unlike most study abroad programs, they really are very academically rigorous and carry a full courseload while there, on their Rome campus. It was a wonderful experience, and we continue to donate to the school because we feel so strongly about it.
I’m at one of the institutions, and in even more heartening news, we are having a banner year in admissions. Not only is the education being provided, people are coming.
UD uses the same approach that made up a college education back in the 1950s, before colleges went haywire. George Weigel, friend of JPII sent his kids there.
UD does a great job of preparing a student for the rigors of post-graduate work.
They are filling in the void created by the apostasy of the Jesuit universities, which are steeped in gay activism and far-left politics.
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